A good organization is considered as such by measuring their levels of efficiency. ‘Work smarter not harder’, you know the phrase. ‘Keep the staff motivated and they will be more effective’, to cite another. Where do we draw the line? Here’s one idea:
September 4, 2007, EST.BAGILA BUKHARBAYEVA
MOSCOW(AP)
Mayor of Russian town fights inefficiency by banning phrases like ‘I can’t’
The mayor of a Siberian oil town has ordered his bureaucrats to stop using expressions such as “I don’t know” and “I can’t.” Or look for another job.
Alexander Kuzmin, 33, who is mayor of Megion, has banned these and 25 other phrases as a way to make his administration more efficient, his spokeswoman said Tuesday.
“It’s a suggestion to the staff that they should think before saying something,” Oksana Shestakova said by telephone. “To say ‘I don’t know’ is the same as admitting your helplessness.”
To reinforce the ban, a framed list of the banned expressions has been hanging on the wall next to Kuzmin’s office for the past two weeks, Shestakova said.
I suppose cutting out their tongues would probably be the next course of action?
DK
