Replying to LO27753 --
Fred Nichols said, in Some Statistics on People and Organizations LO27753,
>Generally speaking, statistics are used to support existing
>policies, actions and philosophies. If statistics exist that call current
>courses of action into question, they will likely be ignored. If
>statistics exist that suggest initiatives that are not consistent with
>current courses of action, they will be ignored. In short, statistics are
>to buttress and defend, never to call into question.
Maybe. But my goal in having statistics and factoids is so that I can
either make that point (buttress and defend, I guess) as well as do some
"cage rattling." I generally prefer to do the latter and create a bit of
discomfort that correlates with impetus to change.
When I use some of the statistics and a few good quotes in discussing the
value of employees in an organization's human capital and the issues that
they feel regarding isolation, non-support and the other issues, my goal
is to create a gap between where people think they are now and where they
want to be.
It is the size of the gap and the related value of the theme that we hope
will generate sustained action toward closure.
Thus, my current re-search for some new statistics. My OLD ones are
plenty good, but some people actually think that things actually change
...grin... and thus my need for updating.
Anybody got any FACTS, STATS OR FACTOIDS to go with those reasons?
...grin...
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