Seniors at Senior levels. Are they "valuable"?
"The Boss is right, even if he is wrong, but he is still the Boss", I common phrase which we normally hear from high level managers, especially seniors.Seniors in senior levels usually works not only for the "work" itself but because they are used to do so for the last couple of decades. Work in their opinion is to give as much as you can as you have energy left. They are ready to do their work as soon as they are able to, regardless of their age.
Applying the VRIO framework of Barney on Seniors could be possible according to the information that we could gather. Hence I'm going to mention some of the points that concern the valuable question.Seniors could be considered as valuable human resources to the company or the firm. It depends on how and what he is doing or providing to it. Also the nature of the firm's job plays a big deal in this evaluation. Experience, wisdom, reliability, anxious, vision, supervision and love are some of the features that a senior could have. Even though he has passed his retire age, but he still has more to give to his firm. He is not required always to work in hard circumstances; hence he is still a fortune to the firm. On the other hand some points could make these seniors considered as disadvantage to the firm. The old age, health problems, loosing concentration, negotiation conditions and others could be some of these points. Nobody can guarantee his health, especially in such an age over 65. Seniors in such positions are required sometimes to be available in health and mind in critical situations, and his absent is unpleasant. The most important thing is the negotiation conditions. Seniors in this age can have some opinions and thought that are difficult to change. Managers or employees, who are under the senior's responsibility and specially the young ones, could face many problems in explaining or negotiating with these seniors in some technical or operating matters.
Other disadvantages that seniors could face are the ability to understand and apply the new technology changes, technical changes, new world economy approaches, new management theories and applications and others. The question of value of the Senior to the firm depends on the relationship between him and the nature of the firm's work.
We should always ask ourselves: "why such a man or women in this age is still willing to go to work while he should be thinking about how to enjoy and spend the rest of his or her life?" It is a very critical question which you won't easily find two similar answers to.
posted by Eng. Wasim @ 4:47 م
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