Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg pledged on Friday that the deputy would operate "with the broadest scope for the exercise of independent initiative and judgment".
It is when we want to develop initiative, creativity, judgment, and problem-solving ability in people that praise fails us most.
A job description prepared by the city said he would have "the broadest scope for the exercise of independent initiative and judgment" and listed 25 duties, including many that would normally fall to the head of a school system.
Discerning the appropriate balance between top-down command and control, on the one hand, and individual initiative and judgment, on the other, will always be a challenge for our society and our organizations.
In various commendations, the Navy cited him for his "zealous initiative," "wise judgment" and "unswerving determination". Medically retired in 2016, Crenshaw then earned a master's degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.
The military phrase "good initiative, bad judgment" isn't the best way to describe VET TV, the newish streaming network billed as an authentic outlet for veterans, but it's the first thing that comes to mind.
The box shows examples of receptionists' use of initiative and judgment and the way in which they drew on local knowledge in dealing with problem scripts.
Receptionists in Dale and Elm used post-it notes with the question "OK to give?" or "OK to go on repeat?" Thus, in all four practices, staff used a locally accepted artefact (the repeat alert, the "RI" messaging function, the post-it note) along with their initiative and judgment to manage the issuing of non-repeat drugs through the repeat prescribing routine.
Simon Cox, migration lawyer for the Open Society Justice Initiative, said: "The judgment is the first time a supreme court has addressed this issue.
The social worker is trusted to use his or her initiative and professional judgment, to become, as Professor Eileen Munro recommended, "autonomous practitioners".
