You know, Gruff, I'll share a case we faced with a huge MNC. It was about productivity which, in short, was about wastage ( pilferage, stealing ) of resources, including time. One specific issue was on - time attendance. Since it involves human beings, everything in our backgound ( within and without ) causally converges on this issue ... our attitude, value system and life view, motivation, effects of environment, our home, inconsistencies within the organisation, our commute and the means, etc.
Clearly, addressing the causes would have been limited and taken a long time for effect. The solution : Define the value and communicate it clearly, including the effects of breach. The repercussions ranged from reward to punishment, promotion to dismissal. All that was required was installation of a transparent and fail - safe system at the gate for satisfactory result. The result was not perfect, even though the system was close to perfect in transparency and accuracy terms. The man or his nature, his philosophy and his fears, were not material, of zilch relevance, so long as one passed through the gate at 9 AM or before. If he didn't, the system let him ( and others ) know. This is what I am speaking of. If we cannot address the cause(s), we can have a transparent and thorough monitoring system to address the effect(s). On Aug 3, 10:03 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris actually got this round going back on Aug 2, 1:11 pm with his > series of one-liners but I'd like to see the both of you in this as > well. > > Nice summary Francis. Yes, I can see we are both arguing along very > similar lines and aiming at the same goal. But I'd like to see you > and Chris get into the fray as well. The more voices the more stable > and productive the discussion would be. After all, we each know each > other well enough to assess each others words fairly well. > > /e > > On Aug 3, 9:23 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Now this is what I call a discussion, Vam and gruff! (BB47 and > > deripsni could both learn from you :-)) > > > Maybe it's because the three of us have been around here for a while > > that I can really appreciate what both of you are saying, because I > > know something about the way the two of you think about a lot of > > things. Actually, I see you both arguing along similar lines; Vam has > > a professional background in systems analysis and quality management > > and has a lot of experience in the practical work of building, using > > and changing systems, while keeping his gaze frimly fixed on the goals > > (QM as it should be be, but, in my experience, so seldom is); gruff as > > someone who sees people/societies trying stuff, getting into messes, > > starting over and, somehow, sometimes, getting it a bit more right the > > next time (that old 51%/49% optimistic analogy that I often doubt but > > always admire). > > > So ... I think I'll stay out of this for a while and hope you both > > carry on! > > > Francis- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
