> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 16:46:03 -0600 (CST)
> From: lifvendahl thomas <p60tal1@corn.cso.niu.edu>
>
> Well said Jane. What makes the military, utility companies, and other
> organizations which provide long term service to their customers (be they
> nation states or national populations) "invigorated" is a clear sense of
> commitment. This commitment flows from the top down and the bottom up. I
> believe that it is encapsulated by a sense of trust that somehow rewards
> the efforts of organiztional members with a clear sense of self worth and
> purpose.
>
> I will tend to contemporary problems in organizational learning thru a
> lense of "trust". Downsizing and re-structuring have worked to either
> weaken or destroy this sense of self worth and trust of many employees to
> a point that they lose much of the commitment, "glue" might be a useful
> word here, that binds them together.
>
> Thomas A. Lifvendahl, Ed. D.
Again, I believe that among the factors that contribute to the
success of these organizations is, as you said the commitments of their
empployees or members. But, it is important to realize that these members
"buy" into the whole mission and goals of the organization, and develop a
personal vision related to their long-term association and their own
success within these organizations. For, instance most of these members
develop the notion, soon after they join the organization, that they will
retire from them after scalating to this or that position. This is great
because, then employees see that most of the activities and tasks they
perform will take them on that career path that they envisioned. There is
growth and the hope to reach the highest positions, if not in the whole
organization, at least in some specialized area. Fire Departments are
exactly like this too. There are many events, rituals, and other
practices that reinforce these notions.
Ivan
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