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DavidChel
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
474 Posts |
 Posted - 2008-07-01 : 12:52:44
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| I've mentioned in other posts that my primary responsibility here is to manage our ERP system which uses a SQL database. I use VBA, and Visual FoxPro to customize it. My VBA customizations automate tedious processes in our ERP system and save valuable time. However, it never ceases to amaze me when you approach a user who has this tedious job which requires hours of boring "busy-work" every day, and you suggest an idea to stream line it, how often they refuse. People are so resistant to change. They'd rather just continue with the current process even though it is not effective. How many of you run into this type of attitude at work? |
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mcrowley
Aged Yak Warrior
771 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-01 : 13:05:23
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| When they stop messing around with those abacuses (abaci?), I will ask around. |
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jimf
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2875 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-01 : 13:17:04
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| It's not that people are resistant to change, they're resistant to becoming unnecessary. If it's somebody's job to push the red button every three minutes and you write a program that will do it for them, they're now obsolete. These are people who are afraid of having their incompetence discovered.Jim |
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mcrowley
Aged Yak Warrior
771 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-01 : 13:29:46
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| I think it is more a problem of having to learn a whole new system. A lot of folks outside of IT do not enjoy having to re-learn their entire jobs every 4 or 5 years. |
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blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2365 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-01 : 14:44:48
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| Automate 20% of someone's job, and they become grateful.Automate 80% of someone's job, and they become vengeful.e4 d5 xd5 Nf6 |
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LTack
Posting Yak Master
193 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-02 : 15:09:15
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| Automate my job, and I'll think you're a god.__________SQL Newbie |
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jezemine
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2886 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-02 : 16:20:24
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the real trick is to automate the job automator's job.
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LTack
Posting Yak Master
193 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-02 : 16:34:28
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| ooo...1 point to jez!__________SQL Newbie |
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RickD
Slow But Sure Yak Herding Master
3608 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-03 : 02:54:18
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Originally posted by DavidChel
I've mentioned in other posts that my primary responsibility here is to manage our ERP system which uses a SQL database. I use VBA, and Visual FoxPro to customize it. My VBA customizations automate tedious processes in our ERP system and save valuable time. However, it never ceases to amaze me when you approach a user who has this tedious job which requires hours of boring "busy-work" every day, and you suggest an idea to stream line it, how often they refuse. People are so resistant to change. They'd rather just continue with the current process even though it is not effective. How many of you run into this type of attitude at work?
Are you kidding? You use FoxPro and VBA and you say the people you work with are resistant to change?!?  |
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Resistance to Change.