tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080216660046417151.post6463879847964612783..comments2024-03-21T05:34:08.220+13:00Comments on Dunne's Weekly: Dunne Speakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03633350477245086129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080216660046417151.post-18535494728459864742013-09-05T11:02:07.298+12:002013-09-05T11:02:07.298+12:00Yes, it's a 'managerial' issue. First,...Yes, it's a 'managerial' issue. First, the managers at Learning Media appear to be shallow callow business managers with little knowledge of education, children, or publishing. Thus the idiotic cult of the generic manager notches up another casualty.<br />The deeper failure of management relates to those who turned Learning Media into a company in the first place. The notion that everything the Govt owns should follow a commercial model is a central failure of imagination. All pegs are square. All holes are square. If it's not square, it's not a peg or a hole and therefore does not exist. <br />Eyes wide shut. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612689408655287028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080216660046417151.post-53075924505147494202013-09-05T09:44:01.721+12:002013-09-05T09:44:01.721+12:00I was sad to hear the news about the School Journa...I was sad to hear the news about the School Journal. I'm like you, I enjoyed them in the school library too.<br /><br />This valued learning tool does need a new publisher and it would be good to connect to a University Publishing House alongside a creative writing program (Massey has one) to help keep the SJ going.Quentin Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08356245917049904943noreply@blogger.com