Middle and Late Career Stages What characteristics distingui

Middle and Late Career

Stages What characteristics distinguish a solid citizen from a deadwood plateaued employee in an organization? What can organizations do to prevent solid citizens from becoming deadwood? What forces may prevent organizations from taking these actions?

Solution

What characteristics distinguish a solid citizen from a deadwood plateaued employee in an organization?

Solid citizen are individuals whose performance is satisfactory to the organization but they have little chance for future advacenement

Deadwood plateaued employee are individuals  in an organization whose present performance has fallen to an unsatisfactory level and who have little potential for advancement.

What can organizations do to prevent solid citizens from becoming deadwood?

Organizations need to develope their employees, provide traning to enhance their hability to perform a job, once the employee has developed the necessary skills they should promote him or give him more responsabilities, challenge the employee to be better.

What forces may prevent organizations from taking these actions?