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Re: Article in Chronicle of Higher Ed



Part of treating your staff with respect is communicating with staff members
consistently and effectively so that everyone on board knows what's expected
of him or her and what to expect in the job. Management needs to ensure that
staffers know whether or not their performance is in keeping with
expectations, and staffers need let management know whether or not the job
is meeting expectations. Issues that arise need to be discussed and resolved
promptly, with mutual respect.

I too have to wonder about the circumstances of her performance review. Was
all that work she did part of what she was expected to do? Was it an
exercise in creativity that her boss wanted to see, or did he want her to do
something else? Was this the first time her manager had discussed the
issue(s) with her? If not, how did she respond to earlier communications?

If she didn't feel like she was part of the team, was it because she was
being excluded from it, or was she excluding herself?

These are critical issues in staff management, and I've run into them from
both the staff member and management sides, for better or for worse,
throughout my work experience.

Best wishes,

Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@hcea.net
http://www.hcea.net





----- Original Message -----
From: "Sokolow, Daniel" <DSokolow@NSHS.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: Article in Chronicle of Higher Ed


> No question, Chris, an article like this should raise certain flags for
> anyone in a supervisory position.  Am I treating my staff with respect?
Are
> they treated as part of the team or not?  Should they be?  Are they
bringing
> a fresh perspective to something I've been doing the same way for umpteen
> years?
>
> Those questions are valid, but I still feel (and I hope my letter to the
CHE
> reflected this) that the article will leave readers with a false
impression
> of the archival world.  There may be no reason to write to the paper
calling
> Ms. Young a dope, lazy, shiftless, and an al-Qaeda member, but that
doesn't
> mean some of her impressions can't be countered in a reasonable way, in
> print.
>
> If part of your point was that we in this forum have no business casting
> aspersions on the author without being in her shoes, amen, brother.  On
the
> other hand, it doesn't mean we can't offer another perspective to the
> general public, which the academics reading CHE are in this case.
>
> (Soapbox stored until the next rant hits)
>
> DS
>
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