Thursday, October 27, 2005
Baseball panders to Latinos
Prior to game number 4 of the World Series, MLB thought it appropriate to recognize a Latino Legend Team. At first blush, you say to yourself, yea there is a moderate Latin constituency out there. But what about the contributions made by other nationalities? Are the Polish, English, French and Asian contributions to MLB less important than those of the Latins? America is one great melting pot, and our strength comes via unity among the diverse. Baseball should celebrate all contributions and focus less on pandering to individual constituencies.
Prior to game number 4 of the World Series, MLB thought it appropriate to recognize a Latino Legend Team. At first blush, you say to yourself, yea there is a moderate Latin constituency out there. But what about the contributions made by other nationalities? Are the Polish, English, French and Asian contributions to MLB less important than those of the Latins? America is one great melting pot, and our strength comes via unity among the diverse. Baseball should celebrate all contributions and focus less on pandering to individual constituencies.
Labels: MLB Panders to Select Minorities
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Wal-Mart misses boat!
Senior management at Wal-Mart claims that payroll can be paired by employing younger staff by noting that more senior employees cost more and achieve no more than that of lesser paid less senior staff. Are they not performing as requested by supervisory personnel? The problem here is poor human resource management! As employees develop their skills one would think this to be advantageous to his or her employer. This scenario doesn't work well when employees are not periodically repositioned to capitalize on their increased skill level. It is all too obvious that productivity takes a beating when skilled employees perform under their ability. However, just who's responsibility is this anyway?
Senior management at Wal-Mart claims that payroll can be paired by employing younger staff by noting that more senior employees cost more and achieve no more than that of lesser paid less senior staff. Are they not performing as requested by supervisory personnel? The problem here is poor human resource management! As employees develop their skills one would think this to be advantageous to his or her employer. This scenario doesn't work well when employees are not periodically repositioned to capitalize on their increased skill level. It is all too obvious that productivity takes a beating when skilled employees perform under their ability. However, just who's responsibility is this anyway?
Labels: Wal-Mart
