Monthly Archives: June 2004
Planning under the influence of change
Planning under the influence of changeBy Peter de Jager Most strategic plans are premised upon a simple question: “Where do we want our organization to be in five years; what must we do, and when, to get there?” A good question, that, and the answer will definitely have the attributes of a sound objective. Asking, […]
Heat Shelter
(星島日報報道) 酷熱天氣下，民政署昨宣布調整政策，日間開放三十八個社區中心供市民避暑，其中九個更通宵開放冷氣、提供免費蒸餾水和?位。但使用者卻寥寥可數，足夠容納二百多人的禮堂冷氣全日開放，只得一人使用。有關注團體批評，政府宣傳和配套不足，白白浪費資源。 民政署兩年前與天文台及衛生署共同訂定標準，每當天文台發出酷熱天氣警告，兼預測晚上九時氣溫仍高達攝氏三十二度才開放避暑中心。不過，日前一名七旬老翁疑因酷熱中暑倒斃家中，令當局備受批評，指準則過於僵化。 民政署署長陳甘美華昨日終於決定調整政策，即日開放三十八個社區中心供市民避暑，晚間亦不論氣溫，開放其中九個中心，但會否持續開放，僅要視乎市民需求和局方資源決定。 本報記者昨到位於油麻地及深水埗避暑中心視察使用情況，卻見到避暑中心空無一人。據兩間中心職員表示，日間分別僅得一人入內逗留數十分鐘。位於深水埗麗閣村社區中心，場內的禮堂面積約等於兩個籃球場，足夠容納二百五十人﹔而根據記者自攜的溫度計顯示，場內氣溫約廿四度，十分舒適，但卻乏人享用，有白白浪費資源之嫌。截至昨晚十時為止，油麻地梁顯利中心只有五人入住。 在避暑中心外乘涼的石老伯坦言，由於中心內不准吸煙，而且百無聊賴，因此寧願在戶外忍受酷熱，亦不進入避暑中心。 社區組織協會幹事施麗珊批評，政府宣傳不足，有需要人士，尤其獨居長者都不知道有避暑中心，而且中心缺乏配套。「只有硬件（場地），卻沒有軟件配合，莫非叫長者入去只是呆坐﹖」她建議，港府主動派義工上門宣傳，場內並提供象棋之類的康樂設施，避免中心長期空置浪費資源。籠屋居民劉先生昨致電電台訴苦，指所住單位一屋十八伙，每伙僅得不足三十呎空間，晚上熱得無法入睡，批評當局對避暑中心宣傳不足。
Advice on Choice
The score of the test does not mean anything. You can either be a maximizer or a satisficer and live happily ever after. I score 3.6 which is in the middle third. Seems to be a bit boring as I then cannot enjoy the best choice of the maximizer nor the carefree life of the […]
Maximization Scale
Following the discussion on choice, if you want to know if you are a maximizer or a satisficer, take the test below. You can find out your rating on the maximization scale. I think this is one of the questionnaires used in Professor Schwartz’s research. The research results show that about 10% of those answered […]
Tyranny of Choice
I recently read an article by Barry Schwartz featured The Tyranny of Choice. Professor Schwartz is in the Department of Psychology at Swarthmore College. It is a research report on how excessive choice affects people. You may be interested as it has some management content. The article has a lot of arguments, statistics and charts. […]
