Stanley Is Not Doing His Job

Is the Panel Doctor Doing His Job?

Car," was a headline in a leading evening newspaper some little time ago ; and on another occasion: " Panel Doctor Charged with Grave Offence." I ask, in all seriousness, why " Panel " Doctor ? It is conceivable that the writers felt that what would be a scandal in the case of any medical man becomes a grave scandal when that medical man is part of a Public Service. That, of course, is true, bu...

The Survey Mark Infrastructure – Is It Doing the Job?

For many years the coordination of surveys in Australia has been encouraged through the placement and connection to the growing network of survey marks (SMs) in each state. The connection of cadastral surveys to the survey mark infrastructure has facilitated the improvement and maintenance of other spatial databases such as the Digital Cadastral Data Bases (DCDB’s). These networks of survey mar...

Risk is not a job.

Italy became an industrial country in 1880, although it maintained a rural-orientated economy until the 1950s. The tipping point was reached in 1958, when the number of industrial workers exceeded that of workers employed in agriculture [1]. Two relevant social indices paralleled this change: a decrease in mortality and the concomitant, although less pronounced, decrease in birth rates. Between...

Facing obstacles, yet doing one's job properly.

Learning by Doing - Agilität im Job vermitteln