'Moving mud from one pond to another'

(Baonghean)When conducting reviews, it's often emphasized that shortcomings are clearly identified, linked to specific solutions and specific individuals, but if they aren't linked to the specific responsibilities of each individual, it's ineffective.

Oh my God, you know better than I do, so why are you asking?

- Asking questions helps to re-evaluate and correct perceptions. Because, who knows, over time, concepts might change to suit the times.

- Are you suggesting that people are now equating the concepts of weakness and shortcomings with existence?

That's old news. I want to find out if there's anything new or different!

- Well, I guess I can't help it. Flaws, as far as I know, are shortcomings or mistakes in actions, thoughts, or character.

Is that really true?

- I'm reading the exact wording from the Vietnamese dictionary, sir!

- If that's the case, then flaws are a personal attribute, more associated with the individual than with the collective, because only individuals have clear actions, thoughts, and character. A collective, on the other hand, is just a group of people. There are no independent, separate actions, thoughts, or character.

- What did he mean by saying that...?

- The point is that we often categorize shortcomings into two types: individual and collective. But in reality, and even in theory, as you just defined shortcomings, shortcomings exist only in individuals, not in the collective. If we talk about collective shortcomings, it's actually the result of many individuals combined. Therefore...

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- When conducting a review, even if it's a collective shortcoming, it must be linked to each individual in their specific role, position, and responsibility. Is that what you mean?

- Only you could understand that so profoundly! Because if each individual doesn't have flaws, there can't be collective flaws. Therefore, don't use the excuse of collective flaws to ignore the role and responsibility of each individual.

- All this talking about this issue has been aimed at understanding the correct concept of what a shortcoming is and where it falls. Right?

That's right!

- For what?

- You can only do things right if you understand them correctly. Misunderstanding, or deliberately misinterpreting concepts, will lead to unsatisfactory results. Therefore, when conducting reviews, people often emphasize identifying shortcomings, linking them to specific solutions and specific individuals, but if they don't link them to the specific responsibilities of each individual, it's ineffective. Because, as mentioned above, shortcomings, whether individual or collective, stem from individual mistakes. The role of individuals cannot be ignored. And simply talking about collective shortcomings without specifying responsibility is essentially "shifting the blame."

Phuc Vinh