tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post8706703392285454034..comments2024-03-28T12:02:49.472+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Mission ImpossibleJim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-63999340758711374392013-03-26T21:29:12.769+00:002013-03-26T21:29:12.769+00:00You are indeed right - all as clear as mud. Those ...You are indeed right - all as clear as mud. Those civil servants down at the MoJ must be tearing their hair out.Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-22579864014977991162013-03-26T21:27:33.154+00:002013-03-26T21:27:33.154+00:00Thanks for that - I had no idea Uncle Joe Stalin f...Thanks for that - I had no idea Uncle Joe Stalin favoured PbR - that is indeed a scary thought. Jim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-69478924201737806812013-03-26T10:56:44.145+00:002013-03-26T10:56:44.145+00:00http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network...http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network/2013/feb/01/payment-results-staff-fictions<br /><br />The euphemisms of parking, creaming and gaming are useful management jargon for what's going on. PbR increases the temptations to behave corruptly. It is already happening in the employment and health fields. There have been reports of data being either false at the point of input or being retrospectively changed to improve outcomes. It may look like fillet steak but it's really horsemeat!<br /><br />Stalin liked PbR – he invariably got the improved performance he sought. When he demanded that more students graduate with 1st class honours that is exactly what transpired. Is that so far removed from concerns in education about grade inflation? <br /><br />Fiddling the books became commonplace in probation following the introduction of a target culture. So the skills are there to exploit PbR if needed. Sad, but probation lost its ethical way many years ago. <br /><br />The bottom line is that PbR is management by spreadsheet - we don't need PbR to tell us what works in building up desistence. Unfortunately, PbR is becoming a little industy, with experts and theoreticians popping up everywhere. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-56368055188057502492013-03-26T10:30:13.786+00:002013-03-26T10:30:13.786+00:00So from that its got to be big/small costly/cheap ...So from that its got to be big/small costly/cheap long/short. Clear as mud. Unfortunately nothing seems to be stopping the great british sell off train. See air rescue sell off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com