SOME INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE WITH EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION AWARD AND JOB VACANCY ADVERTISING PROGRAMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01048A000800050055-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 2012
• Sequence Number: 55
• Content Type: MFR

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;~;:i33r:C~': Souses Industry ~:~?peri~rzce with Eraplo~y~ uggestion t~.ward and
~'~ib Vacancy ~,d~~ertising I'resims
~. In a rccerg# chat ~vitlx souse cas;tractr~r firms regarding o'vcs-ali
a-:~arsa~;ezs~nt tech.~aiques, ~ inquired into tie' use of Employee Suggestion
.;i~~a.rds pragram:~ and 3~b ~acar~ry !~dverti~ing p~?tsgras~ss.
2, Saxe estia~rx Award: }3ot'i Texan-Instruments and TR[~ e~rhe~u the
i~adi~.de~$ rc~an~tary a.~avarcls ~r e~r~plcsyee s~ggestfons, bu# for dif?erent
r~i~xsans. 'T.I. ~~elieves fhat paid suggestion plans dry warp harm. #ha~ grxd.
~'h~:re are #~ maazy tlissatis$ers --- the tix~E~ lag in ccsnaideraLton, ~ little
car nss feedbac?~ if a sugge~sticin is turned dawn, and tlsa under~ninixz;~ Qf
Troup creativ?#~ through a system ~vnich enforces individua3 selfdshness,
'T'his plsilosophy is so~v-?psycholQgica2 in axigit~, TI~e '~R't~3. view is sfpler --
toc~ c~,stly, Tao#h .firms, ho~rever, have sctb#it~.ates irz the farm n~ either a
gxotxp sharing of pres$#s or economies i~ous~d is:~ gxoup-genera ccl ideas ('I`.I. ),
orsn annual ~an~l iucx~tive, high prestige). awards for the ~ rzar~nbpr of most
butstandi.ng ~chi~ve3menta (TRb~3, I-''ugTses ~,i.rcxaf#),
3. ~'~b Vacancy Advertising: '4Vhiic'this is a cc~mnscs~a praciics~ fzz
i.ndr~try, there is are ir3tzresha~g variance iaz ph::lt~scpl-sy :end proccadure
xogard3.r~g the quQsti~aa~ o? rc~{turing an appl.icara,t for a vacancy to ga through
hi ix~mediate stspervis?sr. 'Vi'a T.I. , rec~uirt~ the supervisrsry chann~xl is
fatal. 7~ola~-oa~3 allegedly tri+~d Lnas Yfl~te aid ?'ai2ed. 'f'he e~plc~yee does
xs.~e~ a professioz3al ccsunselox tc~ help him x~.cog~ze his qualificatica~zs r~r lac?
of the~ns for new job oppor#uni#ies, need fer? tests, and far t-rainf~af;, but stiauld
not ba put in the pc+Tential position of belns~ black3abted by Isis imme~fiatx_
bcss~: for daring to suggest a +dresix-e #a move Qut. ~'IZI'r' ~ p~,il~xs~phy, ora the
~tl:er h.~.zxd, is #ha# the ;#upervisc~r is resnar_sibl ?or seeing t~- it tiz~.i his
s~abordinat?s have every opportunity fr~r ~,rc~vth in tls:s ccsrp+~ration, nd. sI~ou?d
tt~~;x ~~ fore rev34s~r and ccsaxs.arsen# on :very job vacatxG-~ applieatic>ra .
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