Well, anyone who has ever managed a bunch of talented professionals -- especially young ones (and I have) -- knows it can be a pain in the keister.
And also part of the job. The morale system in OOTP is just a way to give a taste of what real life GM/managers have to deal with. For my money, it works reasonably well, without becoming a big burden on gameplay.
And, yeah, sometimes it's better for all concerned to send a particular individual out to become someone else's problem -- just like in real life.