Elites

[118118]

or "elite".

 

[bluestreak]

I remember my ex multi-millionaire boss criticising the monarchy we have and saying a meritocracy would be better. I said 'Yes! I agree, wouldn't it be so much better if the nurses who wipe people's shitty arses were among the best paid in the country!' Apparently that wasn't what he meant.

heh!

any elite that doesn;t include me is doomed to failure. end of.

 

[Prince Rhyus]

i'm not going to admit there is such a thing as an elite. management, maybe.

In which case, are your comments about the "mismanagement" by the "managerial class"? And if so, what can be done about it?

 

[118118]

not really...more that i don't think management is necessary. i've never been on the end of piss poor management decsisions.

 

[weltweit]

To my mind elites are just groups of humans doing what humans do.

Birds of a feather flock together.

No more no less, peer group, gang or tribal behaviour, humans tend to join like minded groups and select peer leaders etc.

There will always be elites if you agree with the above argument.

The only question remains, do you want to join the elite or not? and have you got the entry qualifications or not?

 

[mrs quoad]

*droools and runs off looking for an emulator*

 

[118118]

^^ i used to play elite 2... there was alot to it.

 

[118118]

i would like to join the elite -but just f*ed the final exam (graduate degree).

 

[Guineveretoo]

The senior civil service is particularly bad at representing society as a whole, which is something that has been recognised by this Government, eventually and astonishingly, and steps are being taken to address this. They have got something called the 10 step plan, which all departments are supposed to be using, to demonstrate that they are moving towards a more diverse senior civil service.

They have also begun to address it in those who are employed through the "fast stream", which is the feeder grades for the senior civil service, so that these are not only from the "elite" universities. Even my daughter, who went to Roehampton University, was encouraged to apply for the fast stream.

However, unless the Government sacks virtually all current senior civil servants and replaces them with people from outside the civil service, ignoring the various grades below the senior civil service who have legitimate expectations to progress (having been trained for such a role over many years), it's going to be a slow process.