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Blair McPherson
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06 Jan 2017 - 17:14

null Make my day punk

If only you were in charge you could sort this mess out. You know what needs doing and you know how to do it. But how long before you turn into Dirty Harry the Clint Eastwood anti hero  who is the epitome of ruthless policing and never hesitates to cross professional and ethical boundaries in his quest to get justice.  In senior management team meetings perfectly reasonable and... See more
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Blair McPherson
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04 Aug 2016 - 22:04

null The sword in hand

  "Ministers should abandon the sword in hand model of performance management.  At a time when resources are so constrained and demand is rising, why does the state rely on crude forms of performance management, take a gladiatorial stance toward anyone dealing in evidence, and preside over systems exhausted by policy churn and structural change?"   "In their hearts, ministers... See more
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Blair McPherson
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03 May 2016 - 13:23

null Champions

League tables are not everything they don't tell the whole story but successive governments have put their faith in this easy to understand way of judging performance. If you are in the top half of the table you are performing well. If you are habitually mid table you are coasting and need to try harder. If you are in the lower reaches of the table you are failing and urgent improvement is... See more
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Blair McPherson
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23 Dec 2015 - 13:25

null The "Special Ones"

  They are the,"turn round " kings. They can straddle two LA 's, they can manage two large schools at the same time, they can transform your failing hospital trust, they can restore the reputation of your children's services  and they can get your adult care services out of special measures. They are the "special ones".  So when the magic doesn't work, the  turn round... See more
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Blair McPherson
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18 Nov 2014 - 13:12

null F is for fantsay P is for promotion

The police have been fiddling the crime figures for some time (HMIC report) but in this they are no different to other parts of the public sector. This is what happens when performance targets become the measure of success and the means to promotion.    Performance data is suppose to help managers by prompting the right questions. What are the reasons for variances in... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:21

null Cheating and Lying in the Public Sector

  There was undoubtedly cheating and lying in the public sector before the performance management culture was so enthusiastically embraced but league tables, over ambitious targets, naming and shamming have increased the pressure and the temptation. Now we face a new round of budget cuts and senior managers are pressurised by politicians to maintain that services standards will not... See more
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