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Tyrants in the Making: ‘I’ll Just Make Them Do It’
American Greatness ^ | 6/2/2019 | John Conlin

Posted on 06/04/2019 11:53:50 AM PDT by John Conlin

n my MBA program, I was fortunate to have a practicing psychologist teach a course on management.

He used a variety of teaching methods, but one in particular involved discussing and debating case studies. The case studies would present this or that management challenge and we would each present and discuss our solution.

When we first started, we were surprised at how easy it was to solve these supposed management dilemmas. We’d confidently explain how we would address these issues and most of the class would agree. “I’ll just make them do this or that.” “I’ll just make them get along and work together.” Often our “solutions” involved the word “make” or one of its many derivatives.

Whatever action, we would just make our employees do it. Compulsion sounded so straightforward and easy. That way of thinking didn’t last long. The professor would constantly ask, “And how will you make them do that?” A simple sounding question, with profound implications. Think about the question. How will you make them do that?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; History; Society
KEYWORDS: ablogpimp; aoc; blogtrash; johnconlin; makemedoit; management; tyranny
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To: skinndogNN

Or sometimes you can give them incentives, like tax breaks.


21 posted on 06/04/2019 12:35:12 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: John Conlin
“I’ll just make them do this or that.” - doesn't really work on most Americans.
We're a bit on the independent and rebellious side - if you haven't noticed.
22 posted on 06/04/2019 12:41:54 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: John Conlin

Its always interesting to see these very same folks reactions when they think others are making them do something they dont want to do,or not do something they want to do.

They dont want to be treated the way they have no problem treating others. They have no shame for their hypocrisy. They rationalize it away as being the superior intellect or moral arbitrater over everyone else.


23 posted on 06/04/2019 12:48:10 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: skinndogNN

Or they get whatever by means of bypassing govt penalites and punishments.


24 posted on 06/04/2019 12:49:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: John Conlin

What does IJFT mean?

I Just Fixed That?


25 posted on 06/04/2019 12:49:36 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Actually, I fired very few people in my career. I set up the requirements for the job they would be doing, and if they didn’t measure up, they fired themselves.


26 posted on 06/04/2019 12:52:33 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: Raycpa

That might work in the military.
My problem would be that I never managed a unionized operation, and would be lost in the face of defiance.


27 posted on 06/04/2019 12:54:04 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“If you have a basically competent employee who simply refuses to send in status reports, how do you make them send in status reports? Are you going to fire them over that?”

Is there an issue with the employee being unable to produce the report, or are they simply unwilling to do it?
Are the status reports necessary or are they just reports?
Can the report production be automated?
Can the report be assigned to another employee?

If the report is essential for the business, it gets produced or people get fired.

“Basically Competent” is a pretty low bar. Hire better people, or automate.


28 posted on 06/04/2019 1:00:17 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: humblegunner
So what stopped you from posting your own material in full?

 

Nobody made him do it. Perhaps YOU can make him do it. You're the almighty Humblegunner.

 

29 posted on 06/04/2019 1:05:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: humblegunner
Speaking of making them do it....

Image result for or the dog gets it

 

30 posted on 06/04/2019 1:08:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd
Perhaps YOU can make him do it.

I'd do it with a cattle prod and a whip.

31 posted on 06/04/2019 1:08:07 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: John Conlin

Depimped version at https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3754461/posts


32 posted on 06/04/2019 1:12:41 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: humblegunner

Hey. Leave Laz and his sex toys out of this.


33 posted on 06/04/2019 1:12:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: John Conlin

I was a successful “change agent” at two different companies. The second company hired me because of my success at their supplier, the first company. Not once was I able to direct anyone to do something. I had to convince them that documenting their procedure and then changing it was in their interest.

And, that is the problem with AOC and her Green New Deal. Even the least astute among us can see that changing everything and doing away with cows would not be a good thing to do. What she proposed was beyond magical thinking. It was pure fantasy. Then, she did something I would never do in managing change; she threatened us. Do this or we all die in twelve years. One wonders how she arrived at twelve. I was told in the sixties that we would be in an ice age by 1970. We were told we would be out of oil by 1980...which became 1990, then 2000. Peak oil, you know. I am tired of the threats. (Obama told a group of CEO’s that if it weren’t for him a mob would burn them at the stake. Seriously. I’d have laughed at him.)


34 posted on 06/04/2019 1:14:23 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: NobleFree

Clever. Good on you.

I do this with mainstream threads posted in Religion as Catholic Caucus.


35 posted on 06/04/2019 1:14:32 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Macoozie


"I'm not getting those toilet paper reports."

36 posted on 06/04/2019 1:14:47 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
https://i.imgur.com/oUJzA5p.gif
37 posted on 06/04/2019 1:19:02 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: skinndogNN

It’s like raising children. The benefit of compliant behavior has to be more desirable than the consequence of non-compliant behavior.


38 posted on 06/04/2019 1:25:46 PM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (A law means nothing if it isnÂ’t followed.)
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To: Haiku Guy

“I’ll Just Fire Them”.


39 posted on 06/04/2019 1:29:13 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Responsibility2nd; humblegunner
Anybody happen to have the link handy to Jim's post on blogpimping?
40 posted on 06/04/2019 2:22:29 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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