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Forwards TMI Mgt Audit,780109-20. One Major Area of Concern Was Practice of Bypassing Chain of Command from Top to Bottom,Resulting in Duplication of Efforts
ML20024C825
Person / Time
Site: Crane  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 02/14/1978
From: Colitz J, Shirk J, Troffer G, Tsaggaris A
METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.
To: Herbein J
METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.
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TASK-*, TASK-01, TASK-04, TASK-05, TASK-1, TASK-10, TASK-4, TASK-5, TASK-GB B&W-0843, B&W-843, NUDOCS 8307130379
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r Based on the EU !!anagement Audit perfor=ed during the perici of Ja=ua:/ 9-20, 1978, the aniit ter.= hereby submits the Audit Report which identifies proble=

areas aleng with recc==endatic s for corrective a.ctic=.

It see=s ap;repriate to discuss sc=e hey areas related to the audit as part of this cover =e=o.

Os Dece=ber 5,1977 ycu pre;csed sending a =asagenest interview tes= to oc during early' January to interviev selected individuals to ascertain the need fer specific high pricrity a: tic s directed specifically at i=;roviss areas at CC, such as

=anage=ent effectite=ess and efficiency, pr:ductivity, e=picyee =crale, etc.

Costs were solicited concerning the prescsed TE Manage =est Audit frc= the ManaEers a:d G. p. Miller. They were also reglested to provide at the same ti=e s.

a recer_.e:datie: regarding whether to proceed with the audit during the preposed period (Ja=cary 9-20,1978).

Cc==ents fo: rarded to ycu indicated that the time schedule proposed was overly esti=istie to atte=pt to ec duct a =eaningful --age =ent a2dit when ecesidering all t

the other eft:rts in which the tecs =e=bers were involved. The decision ve.s =ade t

to preceed vi-h -he stadit as preposed and that the audit tee = vould ecesist of

3. J. Treffer, J. J. Colitz, A. Tsag.7aris, J. L. Shirk.

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.ne-ines vere held tv the audit team to estr.blish a detailed cudit plan vithin the li.1 ei ti=e fra e.

The sudit tese felt strengly that the timine could h-'."e hem b e-er and ::re re-s.ca-1 = :ine wuld h:.e Ner. heinfi:1.

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j 2e r.anner in which the endit got underway was an indicator to the audit tea = of

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vhat sc=e of the supervisors com=ents veuld be. The audit team was scheduled to

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=eet with.the superintendents and depart =ent heads en the first dart of the audit at 0930 to explain the pur;cse and scope of the audit. Two pec;1e shewed up at 0930, sai at 09ho ve ve e infomed that the meeting vas, cha=ged to 1000 to corresycad with a scheduled Department Heads Meeting, at a different location.

Others shewed up after 09h0 net kncving of the change. The meeting finally started at 1015 Ma=y of the areas discussed in detail is the report, such as c~-"-4catic s,

vere directly reflected by the.-a-er in which the audit get v=derva7 The audit tea = interviewed a;;rexi=ately fifty superviscry persc==e1 over a paried o

of five days. Sc=e key cencerns of the C-C' Supeeviscry Staff are su==acized belev.

Many people questic ed the pur;cse of the audit. There is a general feeling that there have never teen any ;csitive results frc= any previous audits perfo=ed at s

n 04I. Even worse, there is never a=y feedback en-the fi=di=gs. State =ents were

=sde to the effect that an audit like this is perfe=ei to give the perscanel at CC the feeling that '*=asage=ent is concer=ed", only to eventually "whitevash" the I

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re;crt in the end. The audit tess feels it is extre=ely i=portant that the findi=gs of this re;crt be =ade hecvn to the supervisers at TMI, including the feedback c corrective steps to be takes.

Cne of the ajor areas of conce= of =ost individuals was the practice of bypassing the chain of ec==and frem the top on devn. Bypassing the chain of ce==aci in tur:

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results is many cases' in duplication of efforts. Duplication of efforts takes The " Shot 02:

a rat one's pride and gives an individus1 a feeling of ince=;etence.

l 2;;rcach of assi.ning two cr three individuals the ss=e tssh to ensure it gets s:ce -dished was ancther verv cere spot. Sc=e referred to it as "Orisis A* ann,e=ent'*.

'laless a chnin cf cerran2 is esta.bliched. understeel sni Odheref. -c b.r all, the

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involved with =any de:isions which should be =sde at TMI. Directly related to i

I this is a strong c:ncern that when CE Supervision must go to Reading for a 1

i decision, they can't see= to get anything in the way of a final decision is a timely fashion. There see=s to be no process established to acce=;11sh this, 1'

We need to put more trust in our Supervisors, give the= the authority to aske s

i decisicus ami get the job d' ne, and hold them accountable. Mest supervisors feel a

c ve do not hold our people accoustable, which in turn creates a" buck-passing" at=csphere i

i and allevs veak Supervisi.cs,to centinue to perfor= is such a fashics. Not only do

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vs. the level of Supervisics at which the decision was made.-

I.cr.g hears asi the lack cf a satisfactory everti=e policy see=s to have.the Attached as Addenda-largest effect c: the = orale of the CC Supervisory Staff.

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I No. 2 is ene individuals view;cints on hev the overti=e policy affected him vs.

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This Cc_:.::iestic=s needs to be i=preved both at TMI and between CC and Reading.

l c=e ite= causes er ec: tributes to es:7 of the problem areas discussed. Many ti=es I

I the word is extre=ely slev getting devn to so=a of the junier pecple and in many cases, Supervisica receives the infer =atica frc= the union prior to hesring it 1

This area needs the attentien of all personnel.

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