The worker must work within the ground rules established by the organization although he if free to ignore rules and substitute common sense to the extent that he can get by with doing this. When rules impede satisfactory job output, he should demand that rules be changed. If the organization will not change such rules, he should resign. That will happen if the government worker is rewarded for doing his best. Otherwise it will not.
Rewards determine action.
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