HRM 3420 Lecture 37: HRM 3420 Lecture 37 Notes
3 May 2018
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HRM 3420 Lecture 37 Notes – Zookeepers
Introduction
• Bernardino worried that some of the zookeepers were disciplined by their curators
when they spoke with him about their concerns regarding the animals.
• People dot feel free to e ope. Disussios dot happe.
• [There is] control of information, control of communications, control of decision making
[by the curators], he said. Beth Else, curator of Conservation and Research, saw it
differently.
• I thik he empowered the keepers to go around the supervisors and go to him when
they didt get the aser that they liked, she said, ehoig oets of the other
curators.
• Despite his geerally good reies, Berardio also felt that he as alieated fro the
decision-akig proess . . . ith the uratorial staff ad ith other adiistrators.
• He sometimes complained the curators were given more weight than the veterinary
staff in decision making about the animals, even when the health of the animals was in
question.
• He also felt that his role as attending veterinarian, where he was accountable to the
Miistry of Natural ‘esoures, as ot ell defied or uderstood y those i the zoo
ouity.
• Berardios reies took a tur for the orse after the Ministry of Natural Resources
released the report of its 2013 surprise investigation.
• Just two months later, in May 2013.
• Stellenbosch gave Bernardino, in writing, a reprimand about his performance.
• We eed to hae tea players, ad you eed to ork through these issues in a more
professioal, less attakig aer, the COOs arig stated.
• Berardio as also told that he laked tea attitude, professioalis, ad judget.
• This warning was closely followed by the announcement that Bernardino would share
the attedig eteriaria positio ith to others
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