22nd October 2013, 12:53 PM
Wax Wrote:So School of Jack Which are the more important skills for the supervisor?
The ability to ensure the archaeology is properly recorded and understood
The ability to manage and motivate people (clients and staff)
Do not cope out and say they're equally important, remember this is commercial archaeology where the client is paying for " Temporal Contamination Clearance"
Very good question!
The School of Jack has mixed views on this dichotomy.
On one hand 'The ability to ensure the archaeology is properly recorded and understood' is fundamental to preserving archaeological information.........without this whats the point, other than to make money.
On the other hand, 'The ability to manage and motivate people (clients and staff)' is vital for the smooth running of a project, and hence the smooth and efficient excavation and recording of the archaeology.
However, there is a clear answer.........The ability to successfully plan and delegate to those capable to perform the tasks (though being more a management tool) is often a way of ensuring both are accomplished.
So in short............they're equally important...........but the School would add the word 'efficiently' to each and insert the phrase 'in order that' between the second and the first.