Pharma Veterans

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #296. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here .   This is an old debate with plenty of heartburn and fierce arguments on both sides. Our frame of reference is Pharma, though the phenomenon is seen in all businesses and all industries. Seth in Urdu, as we know, is the person who owns the business and controls the money. Professional is the employee who has obtained certain qualification and certain experience to perform a function. Ibne-Insha in his book ‘Urdu ki Akhri Kitab’ wrote,”Hamesha se unparh log parhey likhey logon ko mulazim rakhte aye hain” (Historically, uneducated people have been hiring educated people as

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #295. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . This is further on the subject of Big Fish. They are amongst us and they are around us. We should understand how it develops and how it affects the work place. There are two parties to this process; the employer and the employee. Both contribute to the evolution of Big Fish process. Employers Largest majority of businesses start small. It may be one person, a family or few partners. The entire focus is on survival, and to develop the business. There are a handful of employees, if any. Everyone is required to do what they can. There are no specific roles and assignments,