Firing People Won't Work Under A Defective SYSTEM

Before anything, I'd like to say that I'm neither a Dutertard (like Mocha Usok) or a Noytard (like Jover Laurio). The recent case of Nincompoop Faildon finally getting FIRED is good news. However, President Duterte did make a foolish decision of simply transferring Faildon from one department to another because of a debt of gratitude. Nobody should be making decisions based on debt of gratitude (utang na loob) but based on competence. Noynoy Aquino appointed his bodyguard Alan Purisima for PNP Chief and guess what happened. President Duterte appointed Vitaliano N. Aguirre Jr. as his justice secretary before and got fired for presumably sleeping on the job. Faildon was probably either sleeping on the job or he may have received bribe money. He got FIRED but that doesn't really call for fireworks just yet. 

There's one thing you need to understand - firing people is NEVER enough for quality control. How can I say that? The threat of a failing mark is never enough to make sure students perform well Teachers still need to have a good teaching system and motivational system aside from the cooperation of the students. If you go through Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - there's such a thing as to motivate beyond punishment such as giving small rewards such as a modest compliment can go a long way. Another would be the boss to encourage good performance by saying, "Keep up the good work!" with a pat on the back. But would reward and punishment be enough to keep people doing a good job? It wouldn't because they're not the entire components required for quality control.

If you start reading through organizational management and operations management books - you should realize the relation between people and again SYSTEMS. You can't expect people to be efficient and effective if you let them multitask rather than by task management. Task management is defined as the process of managing a task by its life cycle. If people have no defined tasks on what they do along the way - how can you expect them to do a better job. It's just like a restaurant or hotel has its chefs do specific tasks - somebody prepares the ingredients, another cooks the food, and another washes the dishes. They have their tasks assigned so they could carry out the work well. Operations management doesn't only deal with people but the system by which people work with to do their tasks. Never ever dare tell me that systems don't matter even if I'm no systems engineer! It doesn't take a systems engineer to understand that most of the time the bigger problem is the SYSTEM!

It doesn't matter how many officials that a president fires for screwing up. If the system bases its democracy on popularity then expect a cycle of incompetence. The presidential system lacks any real formal opposition. The Dilawans may be losing their relevance but there's going to be more to take over them sooner or later. Senate inquiries are becoming more and more of a bad joke. The weekly question hour in the parliamentary system would do extreme scrutiny towards everyone. Ministers would be required to make their reports. There would be a formal debate between the Majority and Minority to get the best feedback from BOTH SIDES. There would be more inspections done which in turn would reveal flaws as soon as they appear. These mistakes are then corrected one way or another. This may even lessen the incidents where you have to fire someone for screwing up - hence lessening the need to find new people in contrast to having a massive turnover rate.