JAMES_H_CARRINGTON@HP-Chelmsford-om1.om.hp.com wrote:
>
> I am reminded of a not-so-recent story on NPR (All Things Considered)
> that stated that 30% of companies that hire management consultant
> firms end up in worse financial shape than before but that the
> consulting firms still get paid as there is no link between
> performance and pay in the Management Consultant industry.
There are too many variables to assess blame on the consultants whose job
it was to find a suitable candidate. However, I know what you mean...
meteorologists give you odds on the weather; if a lawyer gives you bad
advice and you follow it, it is considered a mistake in judgement on the
lawyer's part and the consequences rest with the person who took the
advice. Perhaps the lessons to be learned are ...1. we cannot delegate
personal responsibility or common sense; and 2. "RES IPSE LOQUITOR, or
let the thing speak for itself" (e.g. we don't need a thermometer to tell
us we are sick..or even how sick; we don't need grades to tell us what
students have learned; and we don't need performance reviews to tell us
whether or not companies are reching their goals or even whether or not
employees are working to accomplish these goals).
Following these 2 caveats, we could be wrong. We know we can also be wrong
with "grading." "Grading" per se costs money. Common sense per se does
not.
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