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| "I love my shirt" | October 28, 2008 | Now I have to admit that I was only half listening to the television, because I was starting dinner at the same time, but this evening on Extra (channel nine) there was a story about mothers using classical music, specifically opera on their unsuspecting small children. Presumably, this is a bid to increase their intelligence. […] |
| “I love my shirt” | Now I have to admit that I was only half listening to the television, because I was starting dinner at the same time, but this evening on Extra (channel nine) there was a story about mothers using classical music, specifically opera on their unsuspecting small children. Presumably, this is a bid to increase their intelligence. […] |
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| sleep-inducing television | October 26, 2008 | This afternoon I fell asleep on the lounge while watching (although I use this word with some hesitation) Dana Carvey in Master of Disguise. All I could gather was that Carvey does a lot of voices and disguises (duh!)- in a kind of “I’ll show you Mike Myers Mr Austin Powers who can do the […] |
| All this and chocolate tart to finish | October 23, 2008 | Jinx and I were treated to a lovely lunch by Sue today. How civilised to leave work and have a home cooked meal that didn’t involve crowding into a noisy restaurant. Not that I’ve got anything against noisy restaurants. I like them and frequent them often. But sometimes it’s pleasant to have a relaxing change. […] |
| All this and chocolate tart to finish | Jinx and I were treated to a lovely lunch by Sue today. How civilised to leave work and have a home cooked meal that didn’t involve crowding into a noisy restaurant. Not that I’ve got anything against noisy restaurants. I like them and frequent them often. But sometimes it’s pleasant to have a relaxing change. […] |
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| How to manage your PMS | October 20, 2008 | I am all performance review managed out. Here’s some words and phrases that were repeated often during yesterday’s workshops: management (as in change, risk, merger, performance review)KRAs – Key Result AreasKPIs – Key Performance IndicatorsBenchmarkingSWOT analysis StrategiesActionsPMS – not what you think but rather generic acronym for a Performance Management SystemVision StatementMission StatementValues StatementLine managers […] |
| How to manage your PMS | I am all performance review managed out. Here’s some words and phrases that were repeated often during yesterday’s workshops: management (as in change, risk, merger, performance review)KRAs – Key Result AreasKPIs – Key Performance IndicatorsBenchmarkingSWOT analysis StrategiesActionsPMS – not what you think but rather generic acronym for a Performance Management SystemVision StatementMission StatementValues StatementLine managers […] |
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| oh the inanity | October 16, 2008 | On Monday I am supposed to be attending a “mandatory” set of workshops on my institution’s performance management process. It runs from 8:30 until 4:45. If this wasn’t intrusive enough on printing out the workshop notes just now I was not highly encouraged by the opening slide:“Performance Management is managing the performance of the organisation”I […] |
| oh the inanity | On Monday I am supposed to be attending a “mandatory” set of workshops on my institution’s performance management process. It runs from 8:30 until 4:45. If this wasn’t intrusive enough on printing out the workshop notes just now I was not highly encouraged by the opening slide:“Performance Management is managing the performance of the organisation”I […] |
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| ok…..! | October 15, 2008 | ok….this is a little bit exciting. |