The Young And The Clueless
The main theme of the article is before promoting an employee appraises his/her capabilities.
Promotion: according to the article before promoting an employee should be done with consideration of experience. This should not be a criticism exercise bur a self-development one where the employee is able to know what has been achieved and how one can realize full potential on the job. Here, the management should not mix issues of performance and promotion. promotion may come up especially where one feels and actually has performed well, but the superior should be prepared for this. It may be wise in trying not to create an opportunity for this to be raised by the employee during the exercise. In the face of conflicting interest in a group a tolerance to admit the feeling of others must be shown. In case the conflict of interest is with that of the organization, then the individual interest must allow the organizational interest to overtake. While performing the duty an individual should follow the correct procedure. The policies of the state and the matters of social values are to be performed strictly according to the laid out rules. By determining the core values of an organization the principles are defined for the members. Integrity, teamwork, and professionalism are some of the important values in the context of an organization. Compromising on such values of an organization in the name of personal values cannot be tolerated.
The other is issue dealt with the article is issue of leadership. The leadership styles used by an individual must constantly change to meet the new situations. If the leader is flexible he/she would be less likely to consider the problems of leadership as some kind of a dilemma. But for the leader to become flexible he must be gutsy to accept the challenges of during crisis. Such type of leadership will enable the organization to explore the avenues of changing world
Lastly the article dwells in is the issue of commitment to change.. A commitment to change is required for a meaningful improvement of an organization. Limited thinking leads to limited plans. Commitment to change will expand the mind. He should be able to identify the resisting forces and to remove them to enable the process of change to happen. A good vision will easily enable to answer what, how, and for whom. Values and vision, alone, cannot fetch result. For a good result, a good leadership is needed. Here is the difference between management and leadership. Management administers past ideas, implements existing systems, whereas leadership creates future. Therefore a good leadership with a vision is a must for success of any organization.
The article contributes greatly to the subject of organization behavior as it discusses how promotions will influence the organization culture and performance.