Francis M. Bator on the high road and the low road for the public sector economists.
23 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
The Modern Office and Timeless Tips for ‘Simple Sabotage’
20 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: sabotage
- Managers and Supervisors: To lower morale and production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. Discriminate against efficient workers; complain unjustly about their work.
- Employees: Work slowly. Think of ways to increase the number of movements needed to do your job: use a light hammer instead of a heavy one; try to make a small wrench do instead of a big one.
- Organizations and Conferences: When possible, refer all matters to committees, for “further study and consideration.” Attempt to make the committees as large and bureaucratic as possible. Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.
- Telephone: At office, hotel and local telephone switchboards, delay putting calls through, give out wrong numbers, cut people off “accidentally,” or forget to disconnect them so that the line cannot be used again.
- Transportation: Make train travel as inconvenient as possible for enemy personnel. Issue two tickets for the same seat on a train in order to set up an “interesting” argument.
Sweet dreams are made of this: The lying-down desk has landed | City A.M.
19 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: Japan
By the Numbers: How Dangerous Is It to Be a Cop?
17 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in occupational choice, personnel economics Tags: health and safety
Be Afraid. Be A Little Afraid: The Threat of Terrorism from Western Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq | Brookings Institution
14 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, managerial economics, occupational regulation, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: Jihadists, war against terror
Complex Model of Foreign Fighter Radicalization
via The Threat of Terrorism from Western Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq | Brookings Institution.
For those who are job-hunting after the holidays
12 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in job search and matching, personnel economics Tags: search and matching
I find the biggest mistake made at job interviews at the interview panel forget that you are interviewing them as prospective employer.
If they can’t even be polite and friendly to you before you work for them, imagine what they’re like every day.
About 20% of the people I’ve met at job interviews I would never want to work with, much less work for.
Thomas C. Schelling on why international terrorism is so rare
09 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, defence economics, economics of crime, industrial organisation, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, Thomas Schelling, war and peace Tags: terrorism, Thomas Schelling, war against terror
The epic photos of the ill-fated Ernest Shackleton expedition
25 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
in economic history, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: Ernest Shackleton
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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