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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 673094" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>The problem with the philosophy of "continuous improvement" is that no matter how well you do your job it will <em>never</em> be good enough. These are the Five Steps to Continuous Improvement at UPS.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Step one</strong>; impossible expectations are imposed upon a work group by an absent, out-of-touch management person from behind a desk.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Step two</strong>; under threat of dire consequences, local supervision meets impossible expectations by bending rules, violating contract, taking shortcuts and manipulating statistics.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Step three</strong>; Those results then become the <em>new</em> standard upon which <em>further </em>improvement is expected; expectations that were once merely impossible now become destructive and utterly divorced from reality.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Step four</strong>; The system eventually collapses under the weight of increasingly ridiculous expectations; the dishonesty and broken rules are exposed; those who broke the rules are fired or demoted, while those who were responsible for the impossible expectations <em>in the first place</em> are promoted for their efforts.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Step five</strong>; repeat process!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 673094, member: 14668"] The problem with the philosophy of "continuous improvement" is that no matter how well you do your job it will [I]never[/I] be good enough. These are the Five Steps to Continuous Improvement at UPS. [B]Step one[/B]; impossible expectations are imposed upon a work group by an absent, out-of-touch management person from behind a desk. [B]Step two[/B]; under threat of dire consequences, local supervision meets impossible expectations by bending rules, violating contract, taking shortcuts and manipulating statistics. [B]Step three[/B]; Those results then become the [I]new[/I] standard upon which [I]further [/I]improvement is expected; expectations that were once merely impossible now become destructive and utterly divorced from reality. [B]Step four[/B]; The system eventually collapses under the weight of increasingly ridiculous expectations; the dishonesty and broken rules are exposed; those who broke the rules are fired or demoted, while those who were responsible for the impossible expectations [I]in the first place[/I] are promoted for their efforts. [B]Step five[/B]; repeat process! [/QUOTE]
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