hi PRP,
This is a serious stab at ur question....Personally i'm convinced
bottom-driven improvement is extremely important but often
neglected or even deliberately suspressed. People in stations
nearer to the ground level, i.e. those who have not risen to the
level of pure management, by virtue of their firsthand knowledge,
have much insight, creativity and capability to offer in crafting
better policies and work processes. That's precisely why such
citizen-driven ideas ought to be actively sought after and
rewarded, to encourage it.
11th Nov, Straits Times reports that of the 15,000 WITS (Work
Improvement Team Schemes), 95% were adopted, resulting in monetary
terms alone savings of $252m. Of the 445,000 ideas submitted under
the Staff Suggestion Scheme(SSS), adoption rate is 85% and the
resultant savings are $183m.
A crude calculation shows that the average monetary savings per
idea is
WITS=262m/(95 of 15,000)= $17700/idea.
SSS=183m/(85% of 445,000) = $480/idea.
Incidentally, the above excludes intangibles or hard to quantify
measures like increase in happiness and morale and decrease in
number of mistakes etc.
So PRP, with respect to your question, the average well researched
and comprehensive workable idea that is developed into a practical
solution would be worth about $17,000. If Govt pays a 5% commission
to the author, it would be $850.
I haven't really developed this idea yet but i guess it's a nice
starting point. So what do u people think?
