Creation

We have all heard of the term “cookie-cutter”, indicating a generic or popular approach towards solving a particular issue. In the realm of business, it means following a typical model. So what is the problem with the traditional business model? This question stands most relevant today in our current economy that follows the traditional capitalist model, that is breaking apart before our eyes.

A manifold of issues assault the traditional tried-and-proven model, on the magnitude of strategy, economics, and a political dominance. Strategically, the problem with a standard business model can be summed up as such: “I know how you operate, but you don’t know me. Now I will beat you.” With an understanding of how the majority of business operates, one can develop a organizational model to out-maneuver the targeted businesses in fields of advertising, sales, financing, and management. Also, the other problem many corporations face is that they are extremely effective in one field, and weak in another. The skill and experience found in one department may be too effective - or overkill. Perhaps that resource or talent could be better used when alloted to another task.

Economically, the main issue with a standard model is that it is susceptible to the rise and tidings of the economy. A non-standard models does not follow these rules, and thus remains largely unaffected. If the world is just a collection of set variables and rules, like what we find in a physics textbook, then we should act in our best interest to optimize these conditions, and avoid age-old traps, such as over-speculation.

Politically, a standard corporate model would make it vulnerable to arbitrary decisions of those in power. A small but powerful elite dictates the market, all others are disenfranchised and must follow to gain corporate respect and prestige. Nothing would be more senseless when conditions degrade to this level. Because a standard procedure is popular, it must be effective ad populum. Laws and legislation often have entire business models built around them. What happens when the government administration shifts its policies? We see this today as business owners and trade associations gather and confront the mounting challenges of a new administration and new laws that may or may not make a conducive environment for conducting business; it is the responsibility of executives to create new models.

From a programming standpoint, static and dated structures such as C will have to give way to more dynamic and object-oriented styles of languages such as C++, Java, and Perl. Although block programming can be far more useful in specific tasks (e.g. a smaller kernel), class construction is far more effective at handling large projects. Abstraction will pave the way for managing complexity, so that a large program can be divided amongst several team members.

From a biological standpoint, although evolution selects the most adapted genes for a certain environment, that very environment can change. Thus, the top carnivore will see itself competing with new predators, or will have to survive in increasingly arid conditions; even solid and evolutionarily viable animals such as tigers, fish, human beings, and oak trees have to change in this constantly turbulent and shifting world - All is change.

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