Batman to the rescue?

Another fantastic 3d image from Julian Beever.

Given how many of these there appear to be and given that they are really wonderful I thought I would add value to this copy of his drawing by providing my readers with some links where they can view them at their leisure.

Try the following URLs

http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm
http://www.rense.com/general67/street.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Beever 

Julian Beever's drawings

I was sent this and other pictures in an email which I am unable to attribute as the original sender was obscured.

Apparently it is a chalk drawing by Julian Beever and English artist who seems to draw some magnificent pictures on the pavement.

I don't know what he would call this one - but I would call it - "Things go better with Coke!"

The Management-Issues Workplace Blog

The Management-Issues Workplace Blog: "Britain's government departments are badly managed, unable to cope with change, and riddled with bullies and poor performers.

This depressing picture of life at the heart of government has emerged from surveys of some 150,000 employees working in 21 different departments.

Overall, barely more than a quarter (27 per cent) of government staff say poor performance is dealt with effectively and only a third believe that their department as a whole is well managed.

A similarly low proportion – 35 per cent - have confidence in the senior managers within their department, only a quarter think change is well managed and only half (52 per cent) say they are satisfied with the recognition they get for doing a good job.

One in 10 also said they have experienced bullying over past year

In a further embarrassment to the Government, the survey claims that Whitehall is unable to cope with radical change or tackle underperformance by civil servants.

Civil servants in key departments, including health and education, have been lining up to criticise senior figures across government, labelling them ineffective and weak.

It portrays a group of workers largely content with their job but who believe that they are underpaid, poorly led and unresponsive to the challenges of public sector reform.

The research also suggests that as many as a quarter of employees in some departments claimed they are seriously considering quitting"

Pete's Points:

This is interesting information especially for those who are in the public service in Australia, since our APS is modelled on the British one - I wonder what a survey like this would uncover here in Australia?

Management-Issues: at the heart of the changing workplace

Management-Issues: at the heart of the changing workplace: "Anxious UK workers toss and turn at night"

It's not just workers in the UK that are tossing and turning at night I suspect - rather there are likely to be many people in many countries that are tossing and turning and why not? Most of the jobs that are likely to to be available for workers in most countries are are likely to go to India or China where the cost of labour is cheap and the existence of a unionised work place is an unknown.

So much for the global economy.

Overall, the survey found 11 per cent of workers polled felt bosses did not care about their welfare, one in five felt their bosses lacks training in handling employees' personal matters and more than one in five said their boss lacked the personality to do this.

Why would they care when the second most common response to the stress was to take a sickie!