02 April The Responsible Worker (...commitment...)

[Paul Terlemezian]

Are learners committed to perform in the classroom - or just get by? Is there a difference in how they perform in the classroom compared to how they perform on the job?

 

What are the implications of your answer?

 

Are we asking knowledge workers to be committed to our goals or their goals? What are their choices if their goals are different from ours (in the role of manager or trainer?)

 

Can there be commitment without authority to use judgment?

 

Is the permission to use judgment contingent on results, politics, effort - all of the above? What other contingencies matter?

 

Which one is the most important? Do we train people to understand their authority for each of these?

[Paul Terlemezian]

Drucker's point is to make clear the connection between responsibility and authority.

We want learners to be responsible and may find that they surpass our expectations if we allow them the authority to do so.

What does the authority to learn mean to you? as a learner?