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This stuff is a great demonstration of the type of advantages that a small organization has over a larger one. The problem with weighting more subjective asses
by Duff 16y ago
This stuff is a great demonstration of the type of advantages that a small organization has over a larger one.
The problem with weighting more subjective assessments of people like "cultural fit" higher than more objective assessments like "experience" is that the assessor's bias will become a problem. By problem, I mean that you're going to get successfully sued for some form of discrimination.
- jdp23 16y agoThe key here is "You need a mix of people with differing perspectives but shared values." to which I would also add differing demographic backgrounds. As the article says, you need at team that is cohesive because of its differences.
- Duff 16y agoAbsolutely. That's where the small organization shines. Once you get big, where big == more than a couple of hundred people, subcultures start to develop that may not share positive values. A few key negative people can poison an organization.
- jdp23 16y agoAlso, "experience" is (a) inherently age-biased and (b) often somewhat subjective, so prone to assessor's bias. An example where experience is subjective is how to count something in an adjacent field -- businesspeople going into politics or vice versa, or a PR person being considered for a marketing role. So it's not a panacea.