Saturday, January 23, 2010

Follow Through

As you are as a person then so you are as a researcher. If you are persistant, hard working, creative and keep your word as a person then that will describe you as a researcher. What I have noticed over the years in my dealings with academics is that many, if not most, just don't follow through. They say they will do ABC but just never get round to it. Of course, they blame their high teaching workload, a change of dean and a million other things. The reality is that what they say is often not what they do.
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3 comments:

  1. MichaelJanuary 28, 2010 at 5:05 PM

    Then we are just like our students. :)

    Actually, I find Americans generally over commit and under deliver. A set of researchers term this issue as the New Year's Day effect.

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  2. PhD Research PaperJanuary 30, 2010 at 1:53 AM

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  3. Craig StandingFebruary 8, 2010 at 3:21 AM

    Maybe the inability to deliver is also a result of a large organisational malaise, and after a while most academics succumb to it?

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