Comments on: Wokingham News http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/08/30/wokingham-news-9/ Incisive and topical campaigns and commentary on today's issues and tomorrow's problems Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:18:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: RobertD http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/08/30/wokingham-news-9/#comment-21300 RobertD Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:50:39 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=4235#comment-21300 Whenever I read a job description for a public sector job I am amazed at the amount of space and priority given to coordination, liason and cooperation with a wide range of other areas but with very little about actually doing something like serving customers or completing specific and measurable projects. Now I appreciate the need to work as part of a team and build bridges to wider community of interests, but in private sector jobs this is an understood requirement to get the main objective delivered. In the public sector it seems to be an end in itself. Keeping all the (internal) stakeholders happy seems to be the sole objective rather than a step in getting some output that is tangible to the outside world. Ripping up the fluffy job decriptions and the staff evaluations based on them would seem to be a precondition of making much progress on either efficiency or effectiveness. Whenever I read a job description for a public sector job I am amazed at the amount of space and priority given to coordination, liason and cooperation with a wide range of other areas but with very little about actually doing something like serving customers or completing specific and measurable projects. Now I appreciate the need to work as part of a team and build bridges to wider community of interests, but in private sector jobs this is an understood requirement to get the main objective delivered. In the public sector it seems to be an end in itself. Keeping all the (internal) stakeholders happy seems to be the sole objective rather than a step in getting some output that is tangible to the outside world.

Ripping up the fluffy job decriptions and the staff evaluations based on them would seem to be a precondition of making much progress on either efficiency or effectiveness.

]]> By: Nick http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/08/30/wokingham-news-9/#comment-21299 Nick Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:51:32 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=4235#comment-21299 It is slowly dawning on the public sector that we need to do more for less. Spending and borrowing are out of control. ================== In reality, you need to do less for more. You have the debts to pay off. To pay those debts off you are going to have to cut spending and increase taxation. In other words the price of public services is going to rise. I doubt you can even give people the choice because you are going to be so desparate for cash. Government debts are 8 trillion, most inflation linked. Government taxation raise 0.5 trillion. It's reaching the point where almost all that cash has to go on past debts. Pensions, Gilts etc. More than income tax is going on benefits alone. ie. You're going to have to default, patially or totally on most of the debts. Nick It is slowly dawning on the public sector that we need to do more for less. Spending and borrowing are out of control.

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In reality, you need to do less for more. You have the debts to pay off.

To pay those debts off you are going to have to cut spending and increase taxation.

In other words the price of public services is going to rise.

I doubt you can even give people the choice because you are going to be so desparate for cash.

Government debts are 8 trillion, most inflation linked.

Government taxation raise 0.5 trillion.

It’s reaching the point where almost all that cash has to go on past debts. Pensions, Gilts etc.

More than income tax is going on benefits alone.

ie. You’re going to have to default, patially or totally on most of the debts.

Nick

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