tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post4926336049233685551..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: ProductivityJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-17618923397113297142012-10-24T01:58:54.590-05:002012-10-24T01:58:54.590-05:00I am fascinated by the percentages thing. I have r...I am fascinated by the percentages thing. I have realized that among the research faculty in my subunit actual work done, if we are considered an aggregate person, is 22% research, 45% teaching, and 33% service/admin. This is because we carry the service load for the teaching intensive people and also a lot for the larger unit.<br /><br />One can totally see where we need to cut our engines (thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-18146569044182919702012-10-22T17:34:28.840-05:002012-10-22T17:34:28.840-05:00Yes. Because one is constantly told, or at least I...Yes. Because one is constantly told, or at least I have been constantly told since getting the PhD, that research is *not* what I am paid for. In fact it is 30% of contract so all time spent on it, even if said time is just spent on remaining generally current, is fair enough.<br /><br />We have time stipulations for everything. A course that meets 3 hours, we are supposed to spend exactly 9 Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-36179031789074129032012-10-22T02:25:29.173-05:002012-10-22T02:25:29.173-05:00Yes, "to justify how much time I spend on thi...Yes, "to justify how much time I spend on things." Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-65427807816929075912012-10-21T17:40:25.093-05:002012-10-21T17:40:25.093-05:00OK, the article is subscriber only so I cannot rea...OK, the article is subscriber only so I cannot read but I have figured out what I think.<br /><br />The percentages of time are a trap. See Lombardi, "Deconstructing Faculty work," in IHE, an important piece. I like using them to justify the amounts of time I spend on things, but who cares really about exact amounts of time spent, and also those percentages are part of corporitization Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-85301524083260676152012-10-18T23:29:56.627-05:002012-10-18T23:29:56.627-05:004-7 courses per semester is what you have in teach...4-7 courses per semester is what you have in teaching intensive positions here. 3 courses per semester is what you get if you do research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-75429081053476889432012-10-13T14:44:57.347-05:002012-10-13T14:44:57.347-05:00But if you want/need a teaching-intensive position...But if you want/need a teaching-intensive position at your department then you should hire someone who is a good teacher, not someone who is an underperforming researcher.<br /><br />I really think you just have to deal with research productivity head on: specify the goals you expect researchers to accomplish and then actually hold them to it. Don't tell them how much time they should be Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-32004886427335120692012-10-13T14:32:46.091-05:002012-10-13T14:32:46.091-05:00I agree that upping the teaching load is not the s...I agree that upping the teaching load is not the solution. You should support the researcher to get her research back on track. If the professor truly doesn't want to do research, could he be transferred to a teaching-intensive position, doing 6 rather than 4 courses a year, rather than firing him? You can't just have a "base" and never use it, so after a while you have to ask Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-48238885635467367822012-10-13T14:16:20.934-05:002012-10-13T14:16:20.934-05:00I'm not sure that upping the teaching load is ...I'm not sure that upping the teaching load is the right solution. After all, in many other jobs, if you don't do 35% of it, you don't get your job reconfigured, you get fired. I think that would be a better solution, if even more harsh. It would also mean that the judgement an administrator would have to make about whether or not Prof. X is doing research X% of the time would have to Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com