Business Analysts see the grand strategy as consolidation; Cut down the number of sites you have and centralise, thus decreasing costs, increasing efficiency, etc. They submit carefully worded questions and proposals to the technical staff/operations people in the remote sites expecting answers that will then justify the closures.
The reports come back that what they want is unachievable and generally a bad plan all round. Oh how tragic the business analysts say, this means that we must consolidate, make mass redundancies, close down sites because they cannot deliver on the grand plan.
So if I hear of leaks and rumours of centres of excellence in particular subjects, of sites closing down topics then I will wonder how if it will occur.
Splitting staff into teachers or researchers, compressing the time it takes to do a degree, getting more assistants in to help with the work load. These all sound like classic plays from the Project Management handbook of 'Sweating Assets for Pleasure and Profit'. I'm sure the idea of students working a regular 35 hour week in preparation for the 'real world' would be a big Thatcherite tick in the box for the Daily Mail reader.
The interesting twist is that it is Vince Cable who is the man with the say on this. Good luck to him.
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Date: 2010-07-19 11:44 am (UTC)Business Analysts see the grand strategy as consolidation; Cut down the number of sites you have and centralise, thus decreasing costs, increasing efficiency, etc. They submit carefully worded questions and proposals to the technical staff/operations people in the remote sites expecting answers that will then justify the closures.
The reports come back that what they want is unachievable and generally a bad plan all round. Oh how tragic the business analysts say, this means that we must consolidate, make mass redundancies, close down sites because they cannot deliver on the grand plan.
So if I hear of leaks and rumours of centres of excellence in particular subjects, of sites closing down topics then I will wonder how if it will occur.
Splitting staff into teachers or researchers, compressing the time it takes to do a degree, getting more assistants in to help with the work load. These all sound like classic plays from the Project Management handbook of 'Sweating Assets for Pleasure and Profit'. I'm sure the idea of students working a regular 35 hour week in preparation for the 'real world' would be a big Thatcherite tick in the box for the Daily Mail reader.
The interesting twist is that it is Vince Cable who is the man with the say on this. Good luck to him.