Red Tape

Once again it is that time of the week.  Time for yet another blog from yours truly.  And yet again it took me forty five minutes to figure out what I was going to blog about tonight.  Thats when I started looking for ideas online and came across this idea.  Red tape is probably a concept that many of you are familiar with.  I think that this is something that can be seen in all businesses.  I found the topic of Red Tape from this website: here.  All industries are regulated by the government in some way.  There are some that must deal with stricter regulations than others but the red tape is still there.  Many times the red tape aggravates us.  The government or more specifically here at the university have a lot of red tape.  These bureaucratic road blocks are probably needed for someone at some time for some reason but to us here and now it seems very unnecessary.  As I did some research into this term I found that it has been dated back to the 16th century.  If you go here, you can find the short Wikipedia article on the term.  What I found most interesting was that the term is referenced on The West Wing, which I used to watch back many years ago.  What I would like to know is: what kind of red tape do you face every day in your jobs?  Is red tape worse in some industries compared to others?  How can a manager deal with red tape when they get asked about it?