Pieces of a Man Think it. Do it. Be it. Embellish.

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... 79 to go. Going over some literature today I was amused to come across a little theoretical underpinning for this blog and the final push on my Masters;

"Salancik's (1977) notion of behavioural commitment may explain the effectiveness of goal setting in this particular situation. Behavioural commitment implies that commitment to a task actually follows behaviour rather than precedes it. The more explicit, public , volitional, and irrevocable a task-related behaviour, the greater will be an individual's resulting commitment to the task."

Somewhat less amused, though, to see in today's Guardian this other justification for hurrying to finish the course (which is a staff perk);

"It has taken more than 800 years to create one of the world's greatest education systems and it looks like it will take just six months to bring it to its knees under swingeing cuts to the funding of higher education and science recently announced by the government. Exactly how much will be slashed and where the axe will fall is unclear, although it has been put at up to £2.5bn. Such huge cuts in university budgets would have a devastating effect on students and staff." Read more...

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