Re: Performance Monitoring

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From: Dave Taylor
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1986 17:14

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This article is from Chris Torek <chris@mimsy.umd.edu>
 and was received on  Mon Oct  6 08:16:08 1986
 
> ...  Fear is a powerful motivating factor.  It even gets me to perform 
> "better" for a while.  Of course, almost any other motivating factor is 
> better and more ethical.

> [But, as the question goes, WHY is it not ethical to run a place based on
> fear of performance monitoring?  It's obvious that it's unsavory, but WHY?]

The answer, from a purely practical standpoint, is already in the text above.  
Fear makes people perform better---for a while.  Afterward, yet greater 
measures are required.  In addition, it tends to make people `vote with their 
feet': if conditions are unsatisfactory, they leave.

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Subject: Re: Performance Monitoring
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Date: Mon, 6-Oct-86 13:14:14 EDT
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