Dear Amitabhji, This is really good and highly appreciable thing
Why should we not respect a person because he/she is junior? Of course not. If you see the modern corporate culture,the word "sir" has been eradicated completelty I am a human resources professional and 3rd in the highest rank in myorganisation We never call sir to anyone and call them by their first name (I am not in favour to call someone by only first name) We should thank to God that we are into higher designation but this means not that we should be proudy This is really a matter to think Regards Govind On 01/10/2009, Amitabh Thakur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Friends, > > If there was one order of a Superior officer I feel like jumping over and > complying with immediately, it is the one in which the Gujarat DGP Sri S S > Khandwawala has ordered that even constables should henceforth be addressed > only as officers, in all official communications. As per the Indian Express > report he says- "Constables are actually the junior most officers in the > police hierarchy. They should be given due respect and treated as > officers,". > It is my personal view that if only we senior officers in the police > hierarchy could start giving the proper respect to junior officers in the > Police department, it would mark the real begining of a new era. It would > not be wrong to say that I have seen and heard some of the senior officers > (including IPS officers) using such words for these subordinate police > officers which many won't use even for their enemies. And mind you, I am not > using any hyperbole. I have seen Police Constables standing before their SP/ > DIG for hours, not ever once being asked to take a seat or even to have a > break. > Despite not being a great believer in God, I thank the higher superior > power for getting me into IPS and not having made me a SI or a Constable. > With my kind of volatile nature, I am sure I could not have continued for > more than a few months in the service. > In such situations, the words of the Gujarat DGP Sri S S Khandwawala come > as being nothing less than sweet music. All I can say is that I find a > wonderful leader and a great human being in Sri Khandwawala and appreciate > his measures in no uncertain words. > > Amitabh Thakur > IPS > Currently at IIM Lucknow > > > -- ______________________________ Don't sit and cry that nothing will change here. If you are a responsible person, be an agent of change, accept responsibility to bring changes.. Revolution is waiting for you... Govind- 9960704146
