One of the topics that we have discussed recently is 'Survivor' and the how the selection strategy affects the group. You mentioned that you enjoyed the 'voting off' type of management and how it makes a group better by keeping the stronger players, but I disagree. Although it may create an interesting television show, that style of management cannot successfully work in the business world. A business example we talked about was General Motors. Their strategy is much like 'Survivor' in that while they aren't exactly releasing the weakest or worst employees, it is in their management plan to halt branches of the company at certain economic periods in order to keep the company strong. I do agree that GM has to make choices in order to stay a strong company however they should watch out for the welfare of what makes up the company, the employees.
A friend of mine has a father and a brother who both work for GM. At the beginning of this year they were both informed that not only will the father, who has worked at GM for almost 30 years, get fired but the brother as well. The brother is currently a supervisor and graduated from Purdue. These two men will face the affects of the 'Survivor' strategy. This may be one small example but consider the town they live in. A small town in Indiana surrounding a GM plant that employs most of the town's residents. What happens when the 'Survivor' strategy reaches that entire branch?
Now that sounds like a company to work for.