Marie Antoinette School of Management-1

The October 19, 2007 edition of the Wall Street Journal reminded me of my desire to write a book on the type of management that appears to be prevalent today, the management style called " ME FIRST". One of the articles was about the "Villa Compounds " being built in China. The article described that these enormous "mcmansions", in a gated community outside the Beijing airport. The article also pointed out that there are now over 100 BILLIONAIRES in China.
This phenomena is not new, nor is it reserved to China. All around the world the number of billionaires are increasing and they all follow the "Marie Antoinette/ Louis XVI model". Unfortunately, if these individuals study history they will learn that this type of ostentatious behavior always fails and they should recall that both Marie and Louis XVI were both beheaded.
I plan to discuss this situation more in future blogs... Please share your opinions and perceptions.