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Smart in appearance, Raj is a guy who has
almost always scored very high marks academically.
His results in the school final and the two years
that followed were quite impressive with a
whopping average of 80%. Raj had everything all
college students dreamt of and was invited to join one
of the top colleges. The story became a little
different when the college counselor said: "Raj is very
good, no doubt. Very smart! His recollection is also
very good. In the beginning, whatever tests were
given, he scored very well, did extremely well in multiple choice questions and was also very
good in class. But his marks did not stay that way
and started dwindling. In higher classes there was a
lot more writing to do for the students, and when creativity and writing on your own was tested
Raj was not even equal to the others who scored
just average marks in their school finals. The
story amplifies the objectivity of higher order
thinking skills which requires due process information
and creative handling."
So, in an organization too, it seldom happens
that only those followers and subordinates are
wanted, who only act according to instructions and
work the way the superiors want them to do. It necessitates more aptitude than that.
Employers like to hire people who can supervise
themselves and are self-directed and self-managed than
people who would rather be comfortable working
under the shadow of the supervisor: employees, who would are able to take decisions
independently, handle problems on their own, and
most important of all employees who can think. The present day CEOs are pondering on this area
more than ever before. Training employees to
think, does it fall into their prerogative? |
