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Originally Posted by icenine
I wonder if Germany is just the healthy part of a diseased patient. Interesting thing about letting workers have input with management. I think Harley Davidson did something like that when they were suffering from quality control issues and it brought them back to a healthy place in the market.
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I agree, but you have to take a balanced approach to this. Having a "Check your brain at the door and do as you're told." policy for employees is no good. The opposite extreme, leaving the employees to run the entire show while management remains aloof and distant is even worse. Trust me, I've worked under both styles. A management team that knows when to step in and when to back off is what you want. Problem is, you can have a team that gets that, then there is a regime change and everything goes down the toilet.
Reminds me of a line from
Rocky Mountain Way;
"Well, she's tellin' you this, then she's tellin' you that, changin' it every day....and says it doesn't matter."
Regards,
Dave