12th November 2009, 12:03 AM
diggingthedirt may be too fatalistic...
"What possible model could provide ?responsible and mature basis for business development? when faced with the basic reality that we have a client who doesn?t care what he?s buying as long as its cheap and entry level staff who don?t care how little they earn as long as it covers their cost?"(diggingthedirt)
That model would originate from those who are niether clients nor newbies - ie those who are Responisble and Mature within the proffesion.
Clients DO care about quality, but it has to be presented to them - if they dont see it they wont value it - the tendering procces can result in the apparent devaluing and comoditisation of archaeology, therefore the value placed on it is tarnished, and real social value lost.
entry level staff do/should/will care about the quality of experience they recieve ...
"What possible model could provide ?responsible and mature basis for business development? when faced with the basic reality that we have a client who doesn?t care what he?s buying as long as its cheap and entry level staff who don?t care how little they earn as long as it covers their cost?"(diggingthedirt)
That model would originate from those who are niether clients nor newbies - ie those who are Responisble and Mature within the proffesion.
Clients DO care about quality, but it has to be presented to them - if they dont see it they wont value it - the tendering procces can result in the apparent devaluing and comoditisation of archaeology, therefore the value placed on it is tarnished, and real social value lost.
entry level staff do/should/will care about the quality of experience they recieve ...