Replying to LO27772 --
Jack Zigon writes:
> But remember that Jack Welch didn't use this system for his direct
> reports. To terminate every 10th person who reported to him would have
> resulted in a great loss of talent.
> I'm not sure if he used the system at all. He just made sure others used
> it.
> -- Jack
Now _there's_ a study in wholeness, otherness, etc.! "It's the wrong
system for me, but I insist it's the right one for everyone else." I
wonder if it ever occurred to him that his reasons for not using it
himself might apply elsewhere in the organization? How much "great loss
of talent" occurred, unseen at the top? Has GE prospered because of, or
in spite of this system?
--Don Dwiggins ``Perfection (in design) is achieved not when d.l.dwiggins@computer.org there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away.'' -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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