The employee's initative and industry are stifled. Each government worker should do his best in spite of this for two reasons. It may be important to society that the job be done and be done properly. There may be no other individual or organization working directly on this particular problem. If he does not do his best to accomplish worthwhile goals, he is wasting his time.
Time is Life.
Each person has only one life. Life is too precious to waste. The output of an organization toward its goals occurs due to work by people at the ground level. It is the supervisor's job to direct and to assist these people in maximizing suitable outputs. His job is to serve those producing worthwhile accomplishments.