Realities that often, despite the circumstances, are not accepted as much by organizations as by people.
As we move forward in the world, even from the moment of our birth when we open our eyes, we wake up to a new experience. All the time we are knowing, whether we want to or not. The world is always telling us that there are changes; Even in the most absolute routine or monotony, the simple fact of being one more day or the passing of the hours on the clock indicates that we are in a constant process of progress. I would dare to be so demanding that even when we die we know, because there are theories, beliefs they say, applications arise every day, the truth is that it is a knowledge that we will only learn when we reach that moment, where some dare to call it “the eternal dream"…
There are situations in the life of organizations, the businessman or without the need to extend ourselves to the high executive levels, the person who occupies a position of official regardless of the level in a company; Or perhaps the owner of some business establishment, they want to progress, taking advantage of the circumstances that are presented to them, sometimes it is called coincidence, other times it is called chance and in other cases as the most accepted of all, called opportunity. However, in one way or another, daily activities in daily activities show us how to choose three paths that frame destiny or the future, which are: progress, stagnation or failure.
With the presentation of this article, I intend to publicize the way in which technology, innovations, procedures and their use, policies and organizational culture, tend to be the point that makes the difference between what are the organizations and what we want them to be, especially when the indicator that stands out as a measure of relevance is the people who belong to it.
I give initiative to a count that is the one that some families instill in their descendants from an early age, always trying to achieve a formation that is the most appropriate for the future of their children. What is detailed below are the words of a professional adult in our environment, remembering what in the past his parents very lovingly instilled in him thinking of being able to sow in that child the desire to progress 2.
And I used to go out with my parents to the market square in the city, accompanied with my brother, on Sunday mornings, very early, after doing some sports with the family. It was an activity instilled from a very young age. Rather, it became a routine, since during the whole time we were under their protection there was no task other than this one on Sunday mornings. It was finally a daily task but we liked it a lot because it presented the option of seeing new things, as well as taking advantage of the opportunity to crave something and we were pleased to buy it from us. It was very interesting because every time we were buying the food and groceries from the house we ran into Mr. José who sold us the vegetables, who was at that time a person who despite being young,because I was not older than my dad, all my life I had worked on this.
It was an example that my father gave us (QEPD), where he said: “Children, study and prepare a lot and be good men so that tomorrow you can be in good positions in your businesses and companies and not have to be like him. Mr. José, that they look for not preparing depends on how little he earns to be able to subsist himself and his family and he will always be selling vegetables. Don't forget three important things in life: believe in yourself, never fail and always practice, practice and practice. ” This was a recital that he always expressed every time he finished paying Mr. José the bill for making him the purchase for the week. Once we grew up, things changed, because we no longer went out with our parents,Because the activities of young people begin to have much more interest in other things than spending the weekend on topics that do not turn out to be as attractive when they reach that age, such as doing the market with mom and dad. Today, being a professional, having listened to my parents and occupying the position I always dreamed of in a company, I still see Mr. José in the same market place selling vegetables with a few more years of life and with the hope that His children, who are teenagers, may still give him the opportunity to get out of that system that has been subjecting him all his life. I dream that for Mr. José it may be fulfilled one day. I dream that, unfortunately, my brother has not been able to comply, or at least not yet. Could it be that fate has determined it or is it that he never listened to my father?…Could it be that fate has determined it or is it that he never listened to my father?…Could it be that fate has determined it or is it that he never listened to my father?…Could it be that fate has determined it or is it that he never listened to my father?…Could it be that fate has determined it or is it that he never listened to my father?…Being a professional, having listened to my parents and occupying the position I always dreamed of in a company, I still see Mr. José in the same market place selling vegetables with a few more years of life and with the hope that his children that they are teenagers, they can still give you the opportunity to get out of that system that has been subjecting you all your life. I dream that for Mr. José it may be fulfilled one day. I dream that, unfortunately, my brother has not been able to comply, or at least not yet. Could it be that fate has determined it or is it that he never listened to my father?…Being a professional, having listened to my parents and occupying the position I always dreamed of in a company, I still see Mr. José in the same market place selling vegetables with a few more years of life and with the hope that his children that they are teenagers, they can still give you the opportunity to get out of that system that has been subjecting you all your life. I dream that for Mr. José it may be fulfilled one day. I dream that, unfortunately, my brother has not been able to comply, or at least not yet. Could it be that fate has determined it or is it that he never listened to my father?…José in the same market place selling vegetables with a few more years of life and with the hope that his children, who are adolescents, can still offer him the opportunity to get out of that system that has been subjecting him all his life. I dream that for Mr. José it may be fulfilled one day. I dream that, unfortunately, my brother has not been able to comply, or at least not yet. Could it be that fate has determined it or is it that he never listened to my father?…José in the same market place selling vegetables with a few more years of life and with the hope that his children, who are adolescents, can still offer him the opportunity to get out of that system that has been subjecting him all his life. I dream that for Mr. José it may be fulfilled one day. I dream that, unfortunately, my brother has not been able to comply, or at least not yet. Could it be that fate has determined it or is it that he never listened to my father?…
It seems that the previous account had little or nothing to do with the organizational structure of the companies; but if we move to the background of the subject, we can see that a large part of the experiences, experiences and organizational development is translated and reflected in the previous writing, since the work of the father can be compared to that of a director, executive or owner concerned with the future of your organization that in the hands of your subordinates is being able to gain ground in the market, positioning and always be able to keep the levels of the entire organization controlled and thus remain leaders in your environment, over companies of the same gender. Events presented that, because they are routine, such as committees or assemblies, show us, through moments of market place, the opportunity to debate concepts, concerns,In short, make requests and suggestions to meet the goals set and improve current processes. Comparisons through market trends that if we do not act proactively we will be relegated to occupying positions that will not always be the first and as always the motto is growth and continuous improvement, wishes of a father towards a son translated into proposals of a manager to Her organization.
But let's move a little bit of what the business metaphor is to the family and begin to see the essence of the organizational experience for people. The way routine processes do business day-to-day, the meaning of eight in the morning is synonymous with being busy, congestion at peak times in some cases is the translation of a break to continue and the importance of the so-called afternoon that implies the second half of the game on that day. These are some of the terms that we can express in the daily work life. It is a behavior that is framing the lives of people who develop in these media and that in a certain way a mechanical way of doing things and developing our work influences us.
Sometimes it is called a family, other times it is called a company but there is always something mechanistic in both. The simple fact of programming the activities which must follow a compliance path, already indicates that freedom and spontaneity are relegated, since risks cannot be assumed that by improvisation can coerce the lives of people or organizations and of somehow generate trauma in their development. It is clear that it is not the bad mechanical function of a whole, the bad thing is not knowing how to differentiate between using the mechanistic to benefit ourselves, rather than allowing ourselves to be involved in these processes and being part of one more part or process in that machine. It is important to differentiate between knowing how to operate the machine and being part of it.
The constant desire for progress, the massive competition of knowledge, the daily evolution in current issues, are some of the aspects that show us how important it is to create difference between the common people, because the opportunities are more in favor of who prepares himself from those who do not, although in some cases sadness reigns favoritism despite the healthy competition and the achievement of the purposes in their own right. These are the situations that we often enter to analyze when becoming part of an organization and being able to develop professionally. The luxury of opportunities is not always what you want, the possibilities of development and progress are often conditioned, although in some cases they are latent and palpable, fair and transparent, balanced and fair.How good it really was!
Becoming part of a dream by sacrificing ours is a dilemma that involves more an external factor than an internal one. The need to see our dream represented in a biweekly or monthly allowance, which has its additional benefits every six months and 15 days of reflection each year provided, are some of the conclusions that people like Mr. Manuel reach when he arrived at the 68 years of age, term of fulfillment for his retirement, where he said:
Now I am going to do what I like, this is the opportunity to make my dream come true… I wondered back then, and what happened to the more than twenty years that you have been working for a company as an employee? That supposed dream was not fulfilled or never tried to fulfill? Like these cases, there are many people who, like Mr. Manuel, submit to sacrificing a lifetime in favor of fulfilling the purposes of another.
It is not my intention to try to give the magic formula so that company and employee can realize dreams simultaneously, but at least to create an expectation of coupling between these two parts, one individual and the other collective; or better, a subordinate and a superior one that allows the purposes of the organization to be fulfilled but not sacrificing the interests and benefits of the employees who belong to that organization.
Yes, it is true, the cemetery is full of essentials and the one that is missing is the one to come, but how much does this process of staff turnover cost us? An absurd policy is that as managers we think the following every time an employee manifests a situation of nonconformity or improvements to their working conditions: that if it does not help them then they leave, that many are waiting on the street to do the same job for half of what we pay him… ”.
Companies we see, companies we do, but how many do we really hold. Could it be that we have a dream? I would say better: could it be that there is a dream? The dream of being what we want in life is something that very few realize it because some in order to achieve that dream are those who submit and others are the submitted. We cannot lose sight of the fact that the dream that really interests and reigns and that reality shows us is that of the organization, so let us not be surprised when for the sake of that purpose we are used to achieve that dream. What is it that coincides with our dream ?.
Following policies, norms, and procedures in some inflexible cases, reminds me of the way in which we are involved in situations where the directors concerned with that work environment do the organizational climate evaluations, but be careful: the customer service officer does not reach channel the 300 calls in the day, or the seamstress does not make the 25 shirts in his day. Is this not machining a job? Then, what is measured by those surveys and evaluations, a lie or a truth in disguise? Ah, let us remember that as parents of the modern Administration, a topic that we cannot leave out in this document, Fayol when thinking as a Director, viewed more the hierarchical level and in turn the personal aspect of the organization, because Taylor thinking about the productive, mechanized management very much.
We must bear in mind that among many other things that differentiate man from machines, it is being able to think, and why, if this is a great strength, do we not better take advantage of that potential and leave the machines to their work? The above is the position of a defender of worker's rights as opposed to the one he wants to achieve at the cost of natural overexertion in people or employees, increase enrollment in nursing homes, increase suicides and job failures, consultations medical for ulcers and stress problems, greater increase in patients in psychologists and psychiatrists. That is the current position. Belonging to it or being excluded is a decision that cannot be made, because it simply occurs in those who cannot have the level to control it.
Finally, it is hoped to achieve as well as achieve the goals and purposes set by both the organizations and the people who belong to it and as such it is about fulfilling a dream. Yes, but from whom?
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2 Words from a professional when he told his friend during lunchtime on a normal day of work some anecdotes of what his life has been and the way he has managed to be what he is today, things achieved with effort, sacrifice and a lot of dedication.
