Thanks for your input, David. Interesting ideas. Dap
On 23 Feb 02, at 13:22, David Likely wrote: > Dap, hello - > I saw your posts on TIPS -- didn't think I had anything useful to say about your > problems, which I imagine are fairly universal in academic departments. I did > have a passing thought, when I read the part about everybody thinking that he or > she is the hardest worker. It's common, apparently, among practicing lawyers (my > wife was in practice for a few years) to keep a log, down to half-hour or even > 15 minute intervals, of what work was done. Somebody adds it all up when a bill > is sent to the client. You might ask your academics to do the same -- they will > hate the idea, I imagine -- I certainly would -- but at the very least it would > serve to show how difficult it is to create an operational definition of "hard > work." > Additional mischief, or perhaps this is better sense than I have > thought through: you could have people submit (open or sealed) bids for the > available jobs. I think our department did something like that, but only for the > unpopular "committee" jobs. (If you didn't bid, it meant getting assigned to > whatever was left over when everybody else had chosen.) > > Best, > David > =================================================================== > David G. Likely, Department of Psychology > University of New Brunswick > Fredericton, N. B., Canada E3B 5A3 > History of Psychology: http://www.unb.ca/psychology/likely/psyc4053.htm > OALP Login: httpS://www.unb.ca/sweb/psych/likely > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** DAP LOUW, PH.D.(Psych.), PH.D.(Crim.) HEAD: CENTRE FOR BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES PROFESSOR: DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE P.O. BOX 339 BLOEMFONTEIN 9300 SOUTH AFRICA TEL: INTL + 51 + 401-2444 (Work) 436-3423 (Home) FAX: INTL + 51 + 447-5719 EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
