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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

KPIs

Key Performance Indicators is the new word and concept. The new word has evolved form earlier concept of Management by Objectives where objectives equals KPIs. At the end of the year, your immediate supervisor (boss) will evaluate your performance based on the agreed targets. Then (supposedly) you will be rewarded based on the outcomes that you have achieved.
The current system is ' no time limit' do work until finish even if it takes 24 hours. then I measure you e.g.

Read the book - tell me what the book says
versus you have 4 hours , tell me what the book says

You have 8 hours to do the work, then work - who gets there first gets the reward.

Hypothethical Case
40 hours per week (in fact less minus Friday time)
teach 2 subjects which consists of
contact hours = 3 hrs/wk x 2 = 6 hrs
grading and preparing = 2 x 3 hrs/wk = 6 hrs
supervising PSM students = 1hr x 4 students = 4 hrs
supervising phd students/master research 9 students x 1hr = 9 hrs
supervising master by course 2 students x 1 hr = 2 hrs
reading manuscripts (proposals, chapter writeups, paper publications, etc) = 2 x 5 = 10 hours
committee members, managing programs = 1 x 5 = 5 hours
what about preparing research reports, examiners role for phd and master (internal and external). may be 5 hours average per week.
and now they (who they. Dont know) are talking about 3 journals per year, 70 k grants, and others...
Employer is having a nice time not getting people who openly fight their rights.. as the malay saying goes... Reda dan Syukur dengan apa yang ada...

not finished... still thinking

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