[Magdalen] GTS

[Jim Guthrie]

> Anyone who expects a collaborative approach to governance  is not really
> being realistic.

Let me suggest a contrarian view . . .

I suspect that underlying all this is the realization that the faculty did not 
seem to have much to contribute in the previous collaborative management, which 
is no longer there because the problems could no longer be ignored or swept 
under the rug.

There's often strong resistance to change among those affected by it; that the 
faculty could not come up with a strategic vision when they had the chance, and 
now have been faced with like it or lump it may trigger lots of sympathy, but it 
may be misplaced.

And the "strike" seems to have a certain element of "We're going to hold our 
breath until you stop being so mean!"

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie