QC....sounds about right.....may it be what you want!
On Sep 14, 8:15 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Had the interview (suitably farcical) and have to wait until Friday
> for the decision. Job itself looks typical of the area, so no
> illusions about that! Accommodation on the eighth floor of the campus
> with a view of the sea and wireless internet. All seems in place
> except students - they seem to have overlooked this component of the
> university. Sheik Faisal gave me some kind of vague assurance this
> will be looked into in the five year strategic plan, but seemed smart
> enough not just to swap bank accounts with me and let me run the job
> from the Bahamas. The mission, should I be put in a position to
> accept it, is quality control, broadly conceived as signing off on any
> old crap. I may be built of the right technology.
>
> On 14 Sep, 01:27, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'm sure someone of your caliber will easily secure a position, rots
> > of ruck!
>
> > Hint: Don't act smart and you'll get it!
>
> > Over qualification can sometimes be threatening and present underlying
> > fears of salary requirement.
>
> > On Sep 13, 6:50 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I have a job interview later today - if there is any creativity left
> > > in my circuits I could do with discharging it before that!
>
> > > On 13 Sep, 07:34, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Probably a test of virtue every now and then might not be entirely a
> > > > bad thing unless one fails miserably, there is motive behind the
> > > > coquet of one's wiles to consider when ladder climbing is essential
> > > > for career success. Thinking can become a bit difficult when blood
> > > > flow to the brain suddenly decreases so preparation is advisable and
> > > > can keep one cool at the water cooler. I feel it has become
> > > > increasingly difficult with the shift in gender ratio at any workplace
> > > > environment. It's easier now to be snagged and taken down, it's not
> > > > something to overlook or trifle with. As you say, if we can't get it
> > > > right on the lower level we'll never make it to the top.
>
> > > > On Sep 12, 12:56 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Spot on Slip - not what we should be in the game for. Bad enough
> > > > > being a young Lothario, yet alone a Grecian 2000ed one! There is a
> > > > > certain sexual madness in any workplace -worth knowing it is there so
> > > > > one can keep it at arm's length! If we can't spot this behavioural
> > > > > stuff (many can't or get it all wrong) I doubt we can ever deal with
> > > > > racism, sexism and general power-freaking.
>
> > > > > On 12 Sep, 18:37, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Yes, So are the days of our lives.
>
> > > > > > On Sep 11, 11:22 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > The most creative program I watched this week was "Warplane" on
> > > > > > > PBS.
> > > > > > > Utterly amazing and inspiring!// Who is being "used"- the
> > > > > > > professor or
> > > > > > > the student? Academia reminds me of Hollywood sometimes.
>
> > > > > > > On Sep 10, 5:14 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Very interesting my friend. It's not that I don't concur but
> > > > > > > > there
> > > > > > > > are some areas of gray and, as you well know, shadows sometimes
> > > > > > > > represent images that do not formulate the actual instance.
> > > > > > > > Pat of
> > > > > > > > course can have us dancing about the galaxy in search of
> > > > > > > > substance but
> > > > > > > > that does not negate the fact that we are still here in ME
> > > > > > > > tossing
> > > > > > > > about speculations. Students do have their delusions of
> > > > > > > > achievement,
> > > > > > > > some beyond logical comprehension. I'm just wondering how many
> > > > > > > > voluptuous students passed your elevated bar via the path of
> > > > > > > > libidinous satiation. Let's be real, for those of us who have
> > > > > > > > been
> > > > > > > > there, the opportunity for preferential treatment at certain
> > > > > > > > levels
> > > > > > > > can present a special challenge to the cerebral section usually
> > > > > > > > designated to be lobotomized. Creativity is a method to
> > > > > > > > achieve what
> > > > > > > > one desires and sometimes one's desires can achieve what one
> > > > > > > > wants to
> > > > > > > > create.
>
> > > > > > > > On Sep 10, 4:22 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > I've appreciated the stuff on consciousness and other
> > > > > > > > > subjects we are
> > > > > > > > > never going to 'disentangle' of late. Someone was
> > > > > > > > > 'threatening' more
> > > > > > > > > on universes 'sprouting all over the place' from curved
> > > > > > > > > space-time
> > > > > > > > > (pace moi or a string necktie party round at Pat's perhaps).
> > > > > > > > > All in
> > > > > > > > > favour ... yet what about practical creative issues?
> > > > > > > > > I used to teach a module called Creative Organisational
> > > > > > > > > Practices and
> > > > > > > > > Analysis (where we could all come a croppa) - students from
> > > > > > > > > long ago
> > > > > > > > > often remind me it was an oasis in the desert of business
> > > > > > > > > teaching.
> > > > > > > > > There were no rules other than to produce a 5,000 word or
> > > > > > > > > equivalent
> > > > > > > > > project that I could feasibly fit with my own rules of
> > > > > > > > > scamming the
> > > > > > > > > bureaucracy. One story about the 'no rules' concerned the
> > > > > > > > > leisure
> > > > > > > > > studies lecturer who considered hammock sleeping on the beach
> > > > > > > > > as a
> > > > > > > > > clearly excellent project in leisure, though I did mention he
> > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > finally sacked after fourteen years of practice. Some of the
> > > > > > > > > work was
> > > > > > > > > so good it made Channel 4 television, some so bad I was
> > > > > > > > > reduced to
> > > > > > > > > marking the laughs of derision. The bull in the syllabus was
> > > > > > > > > silver-
> > > > > > > > > tongued and highly academic - an excellent cover for the FOFO
> > > > > > > > > teaching
> > > > > > > > > style and deconstruct the penguin ethos. No one ever failed,
> > > > > > > > > but a
> > > > > > > > > mark of 43.5% was covertly known to indicate my displeasure.
> > > > > > > > > One
> > > > > > > > > survivor even wrote her final dissertation as a comparison of
> > > > > > > > > management and the Dancing Masters of the Wu Li (high energy
> > > > > > > > > physics
> > > > > > > > > meets organisational aesthetics). Some said I was swooned by
> > > > > > > > > her
> > > > > > > > > prettiness, but she married a real physicist. The external
> > > > > > > > > examiner,
> > > > > > > > > agreeing my mark, spluttered this was the most dangerous work
> > > > > > > > > he had
> > > > > > > > > ever witnessed. Another did a photographic comparison of
> > > > > > > > > company
> > > > > > > > > mergers and marriage - presented at an International
> > > > > > > > > conference,
> > > > > > > > > topped only by another on the same theme by a Norwegian
> > > > > > > > > academic.
> > > > > > > > > Teaching, such as it was, varied from presentations of my own
> > > > > > > > > papers
> > > > > > > > > and people dragged in from the street, including Spike
> > > > > > > > > Milligan and
> > > > > > > > > Hovis Presley, a prostitute and some amateur magicians.
> > > > > > > > > I wonder what our views on practical creativity are? My
> > > > > > > > > course was
> > > > > > > > > inspired in part by a Peter Anthony book 'The Foundation of
> > > > > > > > > Management', opening with an assertion that the last place to
> > > > > > > > > send
> > > > > > > > > talented young people to learn about business was a business
> > > > > > > > > school -
> > > > > > > > > maybe they should spend time with scientists or Bohemians.-
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