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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 830354" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>This is the bane of Corporate Management. Being able to have a report generated makes some people think they have control of an operation or effort.</p><p>Most of the time, as you allude, the reports are meaningless and don't really measure what is trying to be measured.</p><p>I remember I was put in control of the I.E. office (along with other responsibilities) at one point in my career (about 20 years ago) and when I looked at what people were doing I was amazed at the waste. There were three people putting together over 50 reports. I stopped all these reports and only four were ever asked about (2 by the District Manager) and we reinstated 3 of those 4.</p><p>2 of the people went into the hub and the 1 person spent about 2 hours a day on those three reports.</p><p>I also looked at the file cabinets and all the reports in them. There were over 20 file cabinets with reports in them that were, for the most part, never looked at. We got them reduced down to 6.</p><p></p><p>Reporting is one of the most wasteful activities in any large company/corporation IMO.</p><p>Now I see people with reports and files from 2, 3 and even 10 years ago on their computers. It is almost always from people who have control issues and are afraid of not having an answer when one of their management asks them for some bit of information.</p><p></p><p>If these people were running their own company, they would not be doing these things or they would be out of business.</p><p></p><p>OK - got that rant out of my system. I feel better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 830354, member: 7966"] This is the bane of Corporate Management. Being able to have a report generated makes some people think they have control of an operation or effort. Most of the time, as you allude, the reports are meaningless and don't really measure what is trying to be measured. I remember I was put in control of the I.E. office (along with other responsibilities) at one point in my career (about 20 years ago) and when I looked at what people were doing I was amazed at the waste. There were three people putting together over 50 reports. I stopped all these reports and only four were ever asked about (2 by the District Manager) and we reinstated 3 of those 4. 2 of the people went into the hub and the 1 person spent about 2 hours a day on those three reports. I also looked at the file cabinets and all the reports in them. There were over 20 file cabinets with reports in them that were, for the most part, never looked at. We got them reduced down to 6. Reporting is one of the most wasteful activities in any large company/corporation IMO. Now I see people with reports and files from 2, 3 and even 10 years ago on their computers. It is almost always from people who have control issues and are afraid of not having an answer when one of their management asks them for some bit of information. If these people were running their own company, they would not be doing these things or they would be out of business. OK - got that rant out of my system. I feel better. [/QUOTE]
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