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people on personnel posts in companies have followed a nineteenth century psychological approach that if a person can't do one post he can be transferred to another post to which he is better "adapted." "Talent," "native skill," all sorts of factors are given. But if a person with all things considered in the first place is then found to do badly on that post, the second think of nineteenth century personnel was to transfer him to another post and yet another and another. The third think when again he fails is then to fire him. Transferring under these circumstances is usually not only wrong for the person but strews the error all through the org. (HCO PL 10 Sept 70)