1:43pmOct 2 at 1:43pm
Manage Discussion EntryMarcus and class,
You have come up with the information that is true to the best and most positive cultures and the leaders that are the top guns in the organization. Many organization have so called leaders who are the first to lay blame and point fingers. I have seen my fill of these from the navy to federal service to academia. I have taught at a school for 11 years and I have been so well treated there. Yes, there have been some downs but these downs were few and far between. I took these as lessons learned and used these as stepping stones for the next time and to do even better. I recently had two mentees defend on the same day and although I stepped down from chairing there to go back to my associate faculty position and teaching, I was able to sign their page and am so very proud of them. They told me it was my leadership for the years they were in the program that mattered and I appreciate that. At least I was able to see these two graduate. I know they will do better. I thanked the leaders for giving me that chance to work with the two mentees.
When I was in the federal service and graduating from the intern program at 15 years of service, I was supposed to be a GS-12. It was on the paperwork and I saw it and asked the leadership. They told me this" "If I had kept my mouth shut and went along with things even if they were wrong and unethical, maybe I would have gotten my GS-12". I want you all to know that ethics and morals are vital and especially when we are stewards of government funds. If it took begin unethical to get my GS-12, it was not worth it. I was able to get my GS-12 eventually and then was offered a GS-13/14 supervisory job on the way out the door. It was more important to go work in my consulting firm and teach. Sometimes the money costs too much.
What do you think of this? Have you ever been in these places? What did you do?
References:
Choi, I. (2020). Moving beyond mandates: Organizational learning culture, empowerment, and performance.International Journal of Public Administration,43(8), 724-735
Saputra, N., Abdinagoro, S. B., & Kuncoro, E. A. (2018). The mediating role of learning agility on the relationship between work engagement and learning culture.Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities,26, 117-130