It is common for people to give their best, when not worried if they will get a commendation for it. Harry S. Truman’s quote "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." (Shaw, 2006) Is very applicable in the situation presented from the emergency medical public safety system (EMS). Warren’s initiative to clearly investigate for his supervisor without knowledge that the results would impact his colleagues positively is one situation that corroborates these findings. Although he fails to recognize Warren’s efforts when Warren’s results and recommendations for the study become fruitful, he offers to try and change the system without knowing it would benefit him in the end. The quote fails to be upheld when the supervisor, knowing that the plan to change the system from a 24-hour to a 12-hour system was not his own idea u that it would benefit his position as a supervisor, goes ahead and implements it.
Warren works diligently to salvage the institution by identifying the reasons for their recent underproduction. He doesn’t care about who benefits from the survey and recommendation. Instead, he thoroughly investigates the case at hand as asked by the supervisor, considerers other case studies and examines the ways in which the system can be changed to benefit his colleagues and make everything profitable and efficient. Warren goes through all the trouble without caring who would get the credit. This goes to show how much one can accomplish without caring who gets the accolade. Warren’s supervisor fails to uphold the statement by Harry Truman. Although his omission to give credit might be due to negligence or the fact that most supervisors are accustomed to taking credit or blame on behalf of subordinates, Warren’s work is exemplary and meets the standards for credit (Knight, 2017). The supervisor knows that any improvement in the system would result in his appraisal and he works hard to implement the recommended 24-hour system thereby proving the quote wrong in its application in this scenario.
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References
Knight, Rebecca. (2017). What to Do When You Don’t Feel Valued at Work. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2017/12/what-to-do-when-you-dont-feel-valued-at-work
Shaw, J. E. H. (2006). Some Quotable Quotes for Statistics. Retrieved from http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/pub/Main/FunnyStat/jehsquot.pdf
