"When possible, refer all matters to committees, for "further study and consideration." Attempt to make the committees as large as possible - never less than fi

"When possible, refer all matters to committees, for "further study and consideration." Attempt to make the committees as large as possible - never less than five. Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible. Misunderstand orders. Ask endless questions or engage in long correspondence about such orders. Quibble over them when you can. Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions. Be unreasonable and urge your fellow-conferees to be "reasonable" and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments or difficulties later on. Don't order new working' materials until your current stocks have been virtually exhausted, so that the slightest delay in filling your order will mean a shutdown. To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work. Fill out forms illegibly so that they will have to be done over; make mistakes or omit requested information in forms. Spread disturbing rumors that sound like inside dope." Seems like items 1-4 are strongly in effect at most places I've been to, unintentionally of course. The statements on committee-forming and pedantic wording ring particularly true, and I fear that these things are what people are learning from each other. You don't need a committee or meeting for most decisions, and the wording seldom matters so long as the spirit is there for internal documents.