atw: Re: Un PC language? and Market Testing

  • From: "Tony Cusack" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 07:40:38 +1000

Hi Brian,
Do I see the word 'proportion' in there somewhere ;-)
If we were talking about full time APS roles you might have a point. But
we're talking about contractors here. The efficiency works within the
department(s), the equity is directed outward into the community.
Anyway,
have a good day,
Tony.

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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Clarke, Brian
Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2006 9:54 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Un PC language? and Market Testing



Hi Tony,

 

The way in which I have seen the two rubrics contradicting is this:

Value for Money aims at getting the best performance for an agreed or
pre-arranged sum, a kind of economic or Tayloristic efficiency.

Equity, in public service terms, often means giving the job to someone on
the Peter principle; by this I mean that the person who gets the job has
'served time', is beyond any further possible upgrading, and the cost of
releasing the person and fighting the local union would be out of proportion
to the position's value; no account is taken of whether the person has any
relevant experience in the technical aspects of the position. In this way,
the particular PS department has been seen to be fair to all the automatic
lift operators, but the performance will be minimal. All that'll be the same
is the pay. So, from the outside, it all appears 'fair'. A kind of social or
even Benthamite/Malthusian efficiency that Lenin and Bukharin might have
accepted?

 

Brian.

 







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