Ronald P. Addington's article, "You're Fired!" discusses the different methods of evaluating staff members' performances at their jobs in media organizations. This was very new to me because I have never been fired, nor have I had to fire anyone before. It was good for me to learn these things because I was not familiar with the Code of Ethics manual, yet I can imagine the different reasons why people would be fired.
My organization, WPRK, seems to have a set staff of directors and DJs. I am unsure if they have a staff manual, but they definitely should. Even though we are a smaller school, I think that there should be some of this staff manual taken from ideas and structures that have worked at larger schools. In having these staff members agree to these set rules, they will hopefully follow them and not be confused about their specific role in the organization, which will lead to a stronger, more participatory organization. I think that if members do not follow those specific rules that are in place, there should be some sort of repercussions and set fair-play procedure guidelines to follow in order to approach the situation properly.
Absolutely...in fact that's been one of the main problems with WPRK, a fact that they're trying to remedy now.
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