Job ID
1695715793
Duration
3753seconds
Summary
- The most important single action a computing related organization can take is to hire fewer people. Our staffing is declining each year while our workload and computing capabilities are expanding. Our savings to date are in the three to $5 million range within the department.
- Our next basic approach was to start study projects division by division. We made the manager of the division under study the sponsor of the project. He had the authority to veto presentation of the final study results. It's worked beautifully ever since, and that saved our bacon.
- About 112 out of 680 who are in support services for the first time. They have built databases, budgeting systems, online budgeting. They've automated created a requisite salary system. It's very feasible to shift corporate services into departments.
- Our turnover in data processing has dropped from the 20% figure of 1981 and 82 to around three. General managers are suffering because they want much closer guidance than we're able to give them. It is very, very sharply separating the high performers from those who have very limited ability.
- Carl: I suggest three phases of the GMO job. One is structured, two is the development role, and then there's a third role. He says his attention is shifting away from structural questions and more and more encouraging the development.
- Stratified systems theory allows you to think through the kind of information that's needed where. I'm fairly well persuaded. Can I answer any other questions about our training process and so on? Politics. Okay, then we'll take our break.
- Our next basic approach was to start study projects division by division. We made the manager of the division under study the sponsor of the project. He had the authority to veto presentation of the final study results. It's worked beautifully ever since, and that saved our bacon.
- About 112 out of 680 who are in support services for the first time. They have built databases, budgeting systems, online budgeting. They've automated created a requisite salary system. It's very feasible to shift corporate services into departments.
- Our turnover in data processing has dropped from the 20% figure of 1981 and 82 to around three. General managers are suffering because they want much closer guidance than we're able to give them. It is very, very sharply separating the high performers from those who have very limited ability.
- Carl: I suggest three phases of the GMO job. One is structured, two is the development role, and then there's a third role. He says his attention is shifting away from structural questions and more and more encouraging the development.
- Stratified systems theory allows you to think through the kind of information that's needed where. I'm fairly well persuaded. Can I answer any other questions about our training process and so on? Politics. Okay, then we'll take our break.