Just got an email asking if I want to attend 'a diagonal slice' session... WTF??? The world has gone mad.
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Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson -
Pizza anyone!Originally posted by gingerjediFiscal nomad it's legal. -
Originally posted by gingerjedi...Diagonal Slice (DS)
A diagonal slice analysis is more of a practical response to the difficulties of interviewing, assessing and reporting on lots of people within large organisations.
What DS does is accept that by taking a representative cross section (a diagonal slice through the organisation), you will pick-up a number of people within any given role, and that these people will represent the skills, knowledge and attitudes of a number of their peers.
To be effective the DS requires input from managers/line managers to ensure the analysis group really does represent a valid cross section of their team/part of the organisation.Comment
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That's a Sector Slice session.Originally posted by alreadypackedComment
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Oh feck me now it’s already been abbreviated to a 'DS'... I give up
Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Sounds like permie nonsense to me. I sugest you decline the invite....Originally posted by gingerjediOh feck me now it’s already been abbreviated to a 'DS'... I give upComment
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Ah yes, I know where you work then...
Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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Slice, OK. What's "diagonal" about it?What DS does is accept that by taking a representative cross section (a diagonal slice through the organisation), you will pick-up a number of people within any given role, and that these people will represent the skills, knowledge and attitudes of a number of their peers.
To be effective the DS requires input from managers/line managers to ensure the analysis group really does represent a valid cross section of their team/part of the organisation.
Or is it just a phrase that someone has heard (it does have a meaning: to slice or scan across 2 dimensions, gaining something from each) and thought would make their simple concept sound more cool?
Gibberish 2.0God made men. Sam Colt made them equal.Comment
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Just as long as you "keep us in the loop" on this one ok?
We should start a thread on company buzzwords....Comment
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It does have a logic to it. If you imagine the hierarchies of several departments drawn side-by-side, there are your two dimensions.Originally posted by Euro-commuterComment
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