Comments on: How to be safe when layoffs take place http://www.e4africa.co.za/?p=262 Documenting the challenges of implemening ICT in schools in South Africa. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Debbie Schinker http://www.e4africa.co.za/?p=262&cpage=1#comment-271 Debbie Schinker Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:20:33 +0000 http://www.e4africa.co.za/?p=262#comment-271 Getting rid of the least efficient, least productive employees is a rational, logical approach. Unfortunately, organizations are not always hotbeds of rational, logical thinking with their inherent politics and attitude of managerial self-preservation. It an be extremely difficult - and sometimes even dangerous - to prune the dead wood. I'll give you a one-word example rampant in both business and education in the United States: unions! Getting rid of the least efficient, least productive employees is a rational, logical approach. Unfortunately, organizations are not always hotbeds of rational, logical thinking with their inherent politics and attitude of managerial self-preservation. It an be extremely difficult – and sometimes even dangerous – to prune the dead wood. I’ll give you a one-word example rampant in both business and education in the United States: unions!

]]> By: kvanwyk http://www.e4africa.co.za/?p=262&cpage=1#comment-58 kvanwyk Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:44:35 +0000 http://www.e4africa.co.za/?p=262#comment-58 See this interesting blog posting in the blog Successful Teaching, linking to this post: http://successfulteaching.blogspot.com/2009/02/dont-be-deadwood.html See this interesting blog posting in the blog Successful Teaching, linking to this post: http://successfulteaching.blogspot.com/2009/02/dont-be-deadwood.html

]]> By: David Mathe http://www.e4africa.co.za/?p=262&cpage=1#comment-54 David Mathe Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:54:38 +0000 http://www.e4africa.co.za/?p=262#comment-54 I agree that deadwood are individuals, usually within large organisations, who, instead of adding value to the organisational goals and targets, simply drag it down and inflate the payroll. While it may be a tricky and usually a remorseful exercise to prune the deadwood, it normally results in a more compact and effective organisation. And as for the Redwoods, they are needed now more than ever. Their expertise and skills are immeasurably valuable to the organisation. I agree that deadwood are individuals, usually within large organisations, who, instead of adding value to the organisational goals and targets, simply drag it down and inflate the payroll.

While it may be a tricky and usually a remorseful exercise to prune the deadwood, it normally results in a more compact and effective organisation.

And as for the Redwoods, they are needed now more than ever. Their expertise and skills are immeasurably valuable to the organisation.

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