Zero Defect Mentality

Zero defect mentality vs. civilian sector

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Introduction

The history of military is full of heroes who at one or two intervals made mistakes. Ulysses Grant in the USA military was relieved of leadership due to alcoholism. Chester Nimitz as an ensign ran a destroyer ashore and was arraigned in the military court. In the present evaluation environment for the officers, none of these men would have carried this thought to success “Human beings are imperfect and are prone to mistakes in an honest bid to succeed”

However, the military is presently becoming progressively more intolerance to faults/mistakes. This is a major problem because in such a set-up leaders attempt to avoid mistakes by all means. This paper will focus on the Zero-defect mentality in both the civilian sector and the military. The main objective of this paper is to look at the effect of Zero-defect mentality and how it affects performance in the place of work. In addition, it will compare Zero-defect mentality against civilian sector.

Background

A zero-defect mentally is where the authority structure does not allow or tolerate mistakes. In most cases, such an environment has proven ineffective in both corporate and military life. The effects of zero-defects mentally include stifled innovation, reduced motivation, and careerism. Employees or soldiers will neither be accountable for their downfalls nor sanctioned by their achievements (Hopkins, 2012). This paper will attempt to look at the Zero-defects negative effects on the leadership of the Military and civilian business.

Gaps in the Research

A zero defects mentality in army is a bad thing. Demanding that no mistake is tolerable leads to timorous leaders afraid of making hard decisions during crisis and not ready to assume risks important for success during military operations. The zero defects attitude creates states that will lead inexorably to failure. The military instead should demand their select...