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Sunday, August 31, 2008

How dumb do they think we are?!

I'm currently sitting HR professional exams so I can become a graduate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. This involves receiving boxes and boxes of "flexible learning materials" in the post, studying them and going to a few tutorials and then submitting assignments and sitting exams for the next two years (I've just about finished my first year).

I must say that I have been pretty disappointed with the quality of the materials - for a profession that faces a constant battle for corporate recognition and credibility, they don't do us any favours by including activities in the workbooks like the following:

Which of the following statements is correct? A stakeholder in the shared creation of MD strategy is:
(a) Someone who drives a stake into the heart of a vampire
(b) Someone who holds a bet in a game or contest, or who has a share or an interest in a project or enterprise
(c) A vampire which is clutching a stake that has just been driven into its heart
(d) Someone who owns the business to the exclusion of all others


It's times like this when I wonder why I bother putting the effort in.

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 5:40 pm. You can skip to the end and leave a response.

  1. Blogger Chris said:
    6:37 am  

    Brilliant! So which is it A or C

  1. Blogger Kristoff said:
    4:08 pm  

    I remember feeling that way at uni. As I did chemistry we had to do some lessons with the biochemists. We had to draw a food pyramid for some animals in the rain forest!

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