Feb 27, 2021 20:00:00

Claims that 'getting rid of incompetent managers' is needed to push the building of infrastructure

I've heard and heard in many places that the infrastructure development and expansion that everyone thinks is necessary is somehow unsuccessful and sometimes forced into interruptions. Transportation researcher

Alon Levy said that 'incompetent managers' are the main barriers to building infrastructure, and managers who have a track record of failing to move the project forward. I insist that I should be dismissed.

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Managers who have the power to make decisions about infrastructure development include senior government-appointed officials, representatives of local interest groups, public sector planners and consultants, and executives of relevant public authorities. I will. Although these people have a strong voice in building infrastructure, they are less likely to take responsibility in case of failure because they are involved in the project as 'representative of decision makers'.

Levy, a transportation researcher, interviewed people who were involved in projects that actually succeeded in or failed to build infrastructure, and heard various stories. And while some of the managers involved in the failed project give interesting explanations about the cause, there are also 'people who don't admit that they made a mistake,' and these people failed the project. It says that it will drive you to.

Levy says, incompetent management is the lack of 'curiosity for the rest of the world', I do not trust the presence and knowledge other than your own

solipsism has been pointed out that a specific person. For example, one railroad official who opposed the electrification of Boston 's railroad lines said, 'Because of the old lines that have been in operation for 120 years, electrification costs a lot, and only four hours at night when there is no service. It is impossible to perform maintenance. ' However, both problems have been solved in Europe, and this railroad official has not studied success stories in Europe.

Levy also cites a meeting in New Haven , Connecticut, where activists appealed to Metro-North Railroad to replace diesel vehicles with electric vehicles. At the meeting, railroad company and state transport officials opposed electrification and insisted on maintaining existing diesel vehicles.

At this time, the managers said, 'It is impossible to buy an electric vehicle in Europe for 2.5 million dollars (about 265 million yen).' 'In the United States, there is a law that considers wheelchair passengers, so European vehicles are in the United States. I can't run on the same route. ' However, both reasons are based on beliefs and misunderstandings, and in reality the vehicle price is less than $ 2.5 million, and it seems that European vehicles can run on American routes.

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'The question of what people are accustomed to is important,' Levy said, noting that people in the position of administrators in power are reluctant to change anything. Therefore, incompetent managers do not consider and study foreign cases when considering their own problems, nor do they evaluate the valuable insights of those who have actually studied.

Levy argues that it is necessary to 'remove incompetent administrators' to prevent these incompetent administrators from stagnation in building their infrastructure. Administrators looking for reasons that are not possible, rather than learning from the success stories of achieving similar projects, are detrimental to the project and 'replace solipsists with curious learners and excuses with experts. 'I said it was important.