http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/02/29/final-pla-congrunt-2/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:08:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/02/29/final-pla-congrunt-2/#comment-458 Steve Mon, 06 Jun 2005 07:52:07 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2004/02/29/final-pla-congrunt-2/#comment-458 While there's much in what you say, it is a bit 'us and them' to describe someone as 'deadwood'. Quite often in my experience, those that approximate to 'deadwood' are partly so because the organisation has failed to train them, has had a culture where innovation has been resisted and which they've simple taken in like mother's milk. I find that people exhibiting 'deadwood' symptoms usually are symtoms of an organisation's history. Look closer and you'll see that they aren't an isolated case, but that they are as much symptoms as causes of problems. While there’s much in what you say, it is a bit ‘us and them’ to describe someone as ‘deadwood’. Quite often in my experience, those that approximate to ‘deadwood’ are partly so because the organisation has failed to train them, has had a culture where innovation has been resisted and which they’ve simple taken in like mother’s milk. I find that people exhibiting ‘deadwood’ symptoms usually are symtoms of an organisation’s history. Look closer and you’ll see that they aren’t an isolated case, but that they are as much symptoms as causes of problems.

]]> http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/02/29/final-pla-congrunt-2/#comment-457 No One Tue, 02 Mar 2004 11:11:28 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2004/02/29/final-pla-congrunt-2/#comment-457 You just described every person with tenure! You just described every person with tenure!

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