Showing posts with label IT technology. Show all posts
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Sunday, 16 September 2007

Glossary of Health Board Terms


Your intrepid blogger found this little book of terms on the health board chief's desk..

Conference - a dull day at a hot hotel, talking hot air, but it's not work and there's Black Forest Gateau.

Synergy- a really exciting word peppered through boring documents.

In synergy with - you have just been yoked together with a department that has nothing to do with you, wants nothing to do with you and which is sharing half your annual budget.

Consultation- the management have decided what they want-now the management will decide what you want.

Downsizing - you're all fired

Facilitator- that big 20 stone bloke with the earpiece

Synergy - a really exciting word peppered through boring documents.

Fit for the 21st century - a new building of plasterboard, half the needed size, but with a kettle.

Fit for purpose - An old building, given a lick of new paint, with a kettle.

Fit for use - An old building, given a lick of leftover paint, without a kettle.

The latest in computer technology
- works if you switch it on and off a couple of times.

Merger
- You're all fired.

Pay Rise
- never heard of it.

Synergy
- a really exciting word peppered through boring documents..

Powerpoint
- the guy didn't know enough to write a paper on the subject, so he did some slides instead.

Public Meeting
- held at 6 o'clock teatime, in a boarded up building, in the part of town where the police dogs go in twos.

Preference Scoring
- can you guess which department we're shutting?

Rationalisation
- you're all fired.

Re-organisation
- half of you are fired. The other half are getting their pay cut.

Review - we tried to shut you down. You threw half bricks at us. We'll try that one again..

Synergy
- a really exciting... ok, you get the idea..