Module 4
Module Opening Scenario — “I Thought Someone Else Would Do It”
Module Opening Scenario — “I Thought Someone Else Would Do It”
A business receives an important customer order.
Employee A takes the order.
Employee A assumes Employee B will prepare it.
Employee B thinks Employee A is handling it.
Nobody confirms responsibility.
Nobody checks the deadline.
The customer arrives.
Nothing has been prepared.
The employees begin arguing:
“I thought she was doing it.”
“Nobody told me.”
“That’s not my department.”
“Why are you blaming me?”
Opening scenario
What was the biggest workplace failure?
Remember
If everyone assumes someone else owns the task, the task may belong to nobody.