5th April 2005, 02:09 PM
An ideal person would be someone who has about 30 years experience in perhaps a construction related profession, like say architecture for example, with amateur archaeological experience followed by a full time degree.... such a person would be invaluable and should be snapped up and paid a huge salary..............
In actual fact, Eggy, the situation is not dissimilar in many other trades and professions. It is an ironic fact of life that the best workers at the coal face, so to speak, will probably get promoted away from what they're good at. (Obviously there are many other issues, people who wear nice suits, laugh at the bosses jokes and so on get promoted above all others)
I'm not sure which is worst, managers with no formal training, or managers with formal training. The latter tend to be into ludicrous buzzwords and jargon, reams of paper, "procedures", and all that sort of nonsense. A propoer balance is probably acquired only through expererience by th e"right sort of person" with an inate ability for the task. Bit like digging really, only cleaner.
In actual fact, Eggy, the situation is not dissimilar in many other trades and professions. It is an ironic fact of life that the best workers at the coal face, so to speak, will probably get promoted away from what they're good at. (Obviously there are many other issues, people who wear nice suits, laugh at the bosses jokes and so on get promoted above all others)
I'm not sure which is worst, managers with no formal training, or managers with formal training. The latter tend to be into ludicrous buzzwords and jargon, reams of paper, "procedures", and all that sort of nonsense. A propoer balance is probably acquired only through expererience by th e"right sort of person" with an inate ability for the task. Bit like digging really, only cleaner.