Can anyone explain what the famous management theorist Peter Drucker mean by this quote?Can anyone explain it?

Question

"Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs."

Answer 1

what i take away from the quote it means : Executives such as ceos or the top guys , owe it to there companies and the other workers not to accept poor performance from workers with jobs such as customer service positions. Because they are the individuals who represent the company and if they aren't performing then the company isn't .

Answer 2

He means to cut the individuals who aren't performing up to a predetermined standard and therefore not impacting the company in the way expected.

Jack Welch was famous at GE for his "Bottom 10%" philosophy of cutting the lowest 10% when it came to performance (at any level).

The idea would seem to be saying that out of "fairness", someone who isn't perfoming well should not stay and continue to get paid while others earn the same money but perform up to standard.

However I believe that is not actually the case - it is just a matter of being efficient and getting the most out of EVERY worker, thus increasing the profits of the company, which then trickle down to everyone via raises and bonuses.

Answer 3

It means that management should not stick with the old boys mentality and make sure work is done by those who are qualified and can perform. It implies that companies should make sure their senior managers are up to date with knowledge and competence, or be moved aside to make room for those who can.

Answer 4

here's an example: your company makes medical equipment, your best tech(person who tests equip. before sending it to public) is a smackoff , then you being the boss it's up to you to shitcan him so your company doesn't go belly up.

Answer 5

I think he's saying slackers shouldn't be tolorated.