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POINT OF VIEW

(The following was submitted anonymously along with the feedback questionnaire on
May Staff Development Days to the Staff Development Committee.)

"Because personalities are such a mixture and not always compatible and in the course
of any job you are thrown together with other personalities, I would like to see

a person in the field of inter-personal relations give a lecture on the various
aspects of friction and harmony in working relationships, hopefully giving
suggestions on how the individual can overcome a situation where there is a conflict
in personalities. '

I could see this as perhaps a day session, with the lecture in the morning and
small group discussions reporting back to a large forum at the end of the day.

 

The subject of 'flunkies' and menial jobs, their lack of job satisfaction, and job
turnover was brought up in the panel discussion. It was briefly mentioned that if
these jobs were more evenly distributed there would be more satisfaction in these
jobs. I would go on to say that if the filers, folders and 'flunkies' were treated
by their fellow employees and superiors with more respect and were given at least
some jobs which required responsibility, job satisfaction would be increased.

The problem with this, is that D.C. and any other large (and sometimes small)
institution works on the pecking order system, where, depending on what your
status is you get a certain size desk, chair, etc. (The chairmen have stenos,
the deans a secretary.) Probably, asking for the elimination of the 'pecking
order system’ is nigh near impossible on a college wide scale by I think with
thought and discussion among the staff members of the various departments, this
attitude of "I'm smarter, more important, etc. because I am a and you're
only a " could be greatly reduced. I would like to see in some way,
demonstrated that the billing clerk in Accounting or the typist or the duplicating
clerk is just as much a professional in their field by experience and training as
the lab tech. or assistant to whoever and is therefore due the same respect, as a
responsible and intelligent person if for no other reason."

THE STAFF DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WILL BE PUBLISHING AN ANALYSIS (OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT
DAYS NEXT WEEK.

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