Ben,
You needn't feel like a pain in the ass. The subject has been around for a
long time and will likely remain for a long time.
How to deal with human performance, whether we should or shouldn't rank
employees, use performance appraisals and so forth, all have proponents
and opponents.
I'm going to choose to disregard your questions, as they don't have
operational definitions which move the discussion forward. All the
questions are, in my view, missing the point of moving toward a learning
organization. They are, in my view, enmeshed in thinking which doesn't
allow for systems approaches which are far more complicated than what you
claim to be "facts".
They have the flavor of:
"all _______ (fill in the blanks) are ________." Pick your group. I would
like to think that I've gotten beyond that, though sometimes I wonder.
It is not your ideas that bring about heated discussion, but rather the
deeply held belief systems of others who refuse to, or simply cannot bring
themselves to, another less painful means of managing. That is what is
sad.
If all we had to do was fill in the blanks, or answer a few questions,
would life be better for management and/or employees? And, if everybody
did their jobs perfectly well, would it guarantee the company/organization
survival?
-- Sincerely,John Constantine Rainbird Management Consulting PO Box 23554 Santa Fe, NM 87502-3554 Rainbird@Trail.Com http:\\www.trail.com\~rainbird
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