Only if you are impelled to orderliness…
I would like to draw your attention to two of my previous articles…
1. ‘Building and Sustaining’ dated the 10th of October/2016 where I made the point that over 70% of the project cost and effort is in maintenance and
2. ‘The four types of skills’ dated the 31st of August/2016 where I listed Managerial or Organizational Skills as the third skill type
It is but obvious to anyone that understands these concepts that the underlying human trait here is ‘Orderliness’…
Orderliness drives structure and standardization… It helps attain and sustain a managed state of being… And the result is invariably better performance, increased efficiency, greater productivity, improved quality, higher control and a longer life…
An orderly person is more likely to achieve more for the simple reason that things take him less time… because it is easy to get around to what matters quickly and repeat cycles…. He loses less time searching for stuff for he knows what’s where… And he can pass off his work to others rather seamlessly.
When things are in order, there is less management required and things become easier to maintain… Costs come down… Effort required comes down… And those savings can then be applied to creating more…
I have come to realize that ‘Orderliness’ or ‘Disorderliness’ is innate in a person and there is no motivation that you can create from the outside… no compulsion… that can help make a quick switch!
On the other hand, disorderliness does not necessarily indicate apathy or lack of interest although it is fair to assume that you can expect carelessness or messiness from such people. In fact, I know several very caring and extremely intelligent people that are disorderly.
Disorderliness may be an effect of several underlying causes… It may be a psychological disorder! In certain cases, I have seen purposeful denial of responsibility, or an attitude of ‘I am not going to do this because you are telling me to do so’… It could be laziness or it could be because their external environment has to be a reflection of their internal intricate thought complex, that only they can understand but cannot or do not necessarily care to explain to others…
Disorderly people invariably make mediocre managers but could be great individual contributors although, in most cases, they end up causing more clutter than the value they create…
Any which way you look at it… in a commercial organization, you want orderly people… for then there is better flow of data and work… there is repeatability and building on top of what has been developed….
Orderliness is innate and the only way to arrive at that state is if one is impelled to it!
Are you convinced yet???
