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• received: 1)Why did Council undertake a_ management audit if they weren't going to follow-up on it; 2) $2,850 is a lot of money to spend for a process that does not guarantee results; 3) We've lived with "problems" for a long time now, I guess we can still live with them; and, 4) We're real busy, don't know if we can afford 20 hours required for the team building process. I am at a loss to explain Finance Department Staff's sudden loss of committment to the team building process. I do not concur with Finance Department staff's opinion regarding team building. I believe that the team building process could prove to be very beneficial to the Department and to the City. Without willing and enthusiastic participants, however, I question how effective a team building session would be. My understanding of the process is that the participants should be enthusiastic and committed to the process for it to be an effective tool to solve problems and to improve relationships. I wonder about the nature of the Finance Department's "problems" when members of the Department are unwilling to make a committment and expend some effort to resolve "problems" that they identified through interviews and completion of questionnaires during the conduct of the Management Audit. I spoke to John Vinton about the change in attitude of members • of the Finance Department towards team building. He too can not understand this sudden change in attitude. He felt that a session with all members of the Finance Department would be worthwhile to at least talk about and identify problems and/or issues within the Department. I concur that such a discussion would be of value. I request that a modified proposal be requested from Barb Arney and John Vinton for a follow-up in the Finance Department of the Management audit. •