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{{a|hr|}}{{d|{{PAGENAME}}|ˈnæʧrəl əˈtrɪʃ(ə)n|n|}} | {{a|hr|{{image|but a scratch|jpg|Some natural attrition yesterday.}}}}{{d|{{PAGENAME}}|ˈnæʧrəl əˈtrɪʃ(ə)n|n|}} | ||
The human resources | The dismal [[human resources]] practice of managing a [[reduction in force]] not by tactically managing out poor employees, nor by strategically excising unneeded ones in a [[Redundancy|redundancy round]], but by waiting for [[lateral quitter|good staff leave by their own initiative]] and then not replacing them. | ||
For sensitive types who don’t like workplace conflict, a smashing idea. For | For sensitive types in HR who don’t like workplace conflict, natural attrition seems a smashing idea: kind, humane and low-risk. For [[shareholder]]s, a terrible one, ensuring as it does the inevitable [[mediocrity drift|drift to mediocrity]] among the [[stewards of your capital]]. | ||
A sensible [[human resources]] department — and here we are bound to say we are unpersuaded such a thing exists — would pursue the opposite strategy, devoting time, effort and, if need be, money, talking good employees ''out'' of leaving and, and funding any such expenditure by culling the poor ones. | |||
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