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{{a|people| | {{a|people|{{image|Dead man walking|jpg|The [[head of the documentation unit]] yesterday.}}}}''See also the [[Northern Ireland portfolio|Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]].'' | ||
}}''See also the [[Northern Ireland portfolio|Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]].'' | |||
The [[head of the documentation unit]] is an accursed person in an [[investment bank]], although {{sex|he}} is usually the last one to recognise this. This poor sod is responsible for the performance of the sainted men and women tasked with making {{tag|contract}}ual flesh the fantastical aspirations of the [[credit]] department: the {{ISDA}} [[Negotiator]]s. | The [[head of the documentation unit]] is an accursed person in an [[investment bank]], although {{sex|he}} is usually the last one to recognise this. This poor sod is responsible for the performance of the sainted men and women tasked with making {{tag|contract}}ual flesh the fantastical aspirations of the [[credit]] department: the {{ISDA}} [[Negotiator]]s. | ||
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A person with a cautious or reflective nature, that’s who. So, when they come for you, ask yourself this: ''why'' are they asking ''me'' to do this and not someone already in, or with some understanding of, the documentation unit? ''These people know something you don’t. Do not fall for their lionisation of your people management skills. IT ISN’T ABOUT PEOPLE MANAGEMENT''. | A person with a cautious or reflective nature, that’s who. So, when they come for you, ask yourself this: ''why'' are they asking ''me'' to do this and not someone already in, or with some understanding of, the documentation unit? ''These people know something you don’t. Do not fall for their lionisation of your people management skills. IT ISN’T ABOUT PEOPLE MANAGEMENT''. | ||
Running the [[documentation unit]] is thankless not because of the [[negotiator]]s — by and large, a perfectly pleasant, capable and long-suffering bunch, though not unknown to have cabin fever or the fractious personalities of | Running the [[documentation unit]] is thankless not because of the [[negotiator]]s — by and large, a perfectly pleasant, capable and long-suffering bunch, though not unknown to have cabin fever or the fractious personalities of family pets that have been kicked too often — but, because of its cost, heft, and inevitably negative impact on the franchise. It is therefore an irresistible target for the malign ministrations of the hoard of [[change manager|change managers]], [[management consultant|management consultants]] and [[chief operating officer]]s who roam unchecked in a modern investment bank. They see manifold opportunity to implement their sacred maxims: [[offshoring]], [[outsourcing]], [[operationalising]], [[Automation|automating]] — all of kind of easily-spoken ideas will flood their feverish minds. | ||
These ideas, cribbed from academic texts and theoretical models which have never experienced the horror of peering into the depths of an {{isdama}}, will override any practical thoughts the poor [[head of the documentation unit]] might have had to fix things, but not before they have been co-opted, amalgamated, misinterpreted, brutalized and systematically forced through a sieve of business administration {{t|dogma}} until they are unrecognizable, unworkable, inexcusable, and profoundly the fault of the [[head of the documentation unit]]. | These ideas, cribbed from academic texts and theoretical models which have never experienced the horror of peering into the depths of an {{isdama}}, will override any practical thoughts the poor [[head of the documentation unit]] might have had to fix things, but not before they have been co-opted, amalgamated, misinterpreted, brutalized and systematically forced through a sieve of business administration {{t|dogma}} until they are unrecognizable, unworkable, inexcusable, and profoundly the fault of the [[head of the documentation unit]]. | ||
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*[[Documentation unit]] | *[[Documentation unit]] | ||
*[[General Counsel]] | *[[General Counsel]] | ||
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