Critical thinking skills LO16612

Richard C. Holloway (learnshops@thresholds.com)
Sun, 18 Jan 1998 14:12:19 -0800

Finally going over "old" HR information that's been piling up and
collecting dust. I thought this "blurb" might interest some of you, in
its' relevance to learning organizations.

A survey of 1414 managers and workers, released by Kepner-Tregoe, Inc,
provided the following data--

Nearly two-thirds of 773 hourly workers said their organizations were
operating with half or less than half the employee brainpower available
to them. 63% of the responding 641 managers shared that observation.
The barriers most commonly cited were organizational politics, time
pressure, and lack of involvement in the decision-making process. Lack
of training was another barrier frequently cited.

The Washington Employers Bulletin (Nov 97) was the source for this
article.

regards,

Doc Holloway

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"No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words
are slippery and thought is viscous."   - Henry B. Adams


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