Ingxoxo noMqondisi Wezabasebenzi Jim Douglas
UMichael Roberts: Umgomo we-Smithsonian Institution uwukuthi "ukukhula nokwahlukana kolwazi." Umbono wawo "ukuhlela ikusasa ngokulondoloza ifa lethu, ukuthola ulwazi olusha, nokwabelana ngemithombo yethu nezwe." I-Smithsonian isebenza kanjani lokhu mission kanye nombono?
UJim Douglas, uMqondisi WezeMithombo Yabantu We-Smithsonian Institution: I-Smithsonian ifuna abasebenzi abahlukahlukene ababonisa indaba yaseMelika esabelana ngayo nezivakashi zethu nsuku zonke ngokusebenzisa iminyuziyamu yethu kanye nezinhlelo zemfundo.
UMnu: Kumelwe kube nemisebenzi ehlukahlukene abantu abangayenza ku-Smithsonian. Yiziphi ezinye zezikhundla ezivame ukutholakala eSmithsonian, futhi lezo zisebenzi zibandakanya ukuthini?
I-JD: Kukhona amakhulu amakhulu emisebenzi e-Smithsonian evela kubalimi bezilwane kuya kubafundi be-astrophysicists, kusukela ezikhungweni zokuphepha kuya ku-operator system ukulungisa ama-operators, kusukela ku- anthropologists kuya kumlando-mlando wezobuciko.
Sinabameli, izilwane zezilwane , ochwepheshe beMyuziyamu, abagcini bemidlalo kanye nokuqhubeka.
UMnu: Lokho kuyindlela ehlukile. Njengoba abafundi bezilungisela imisebenzi eyenzekayo ne-Smithsonian, yiziphi iziqu okufanele ziphishekele?
I-JD: Ngenxa yobuningi bemisebenzi e-Institution, asikho isidingo sokuthi siphishekele njengoba sifuna abafakizicelo emisebenzini ehlukahlukene.
UMnu: I-Smithsonian inamathuba amaningi okuhlanganyela kanye nokuqeqeshwa. Into eyodwa abantu abayifunayo ngamathuba anjalo yithuba lokuguqula isabelo sesikhashana emisebenzini yabo emihle. Ingabe abantu bavame ukwenza ushintsho kusuka ekuhlanganyeleni noma ekuqeqesheni umsebenzi wokuhlala unomphela ne-ejenti?
I-JD: Cishe ezimbili-kwezintathu zezikhundla zethu eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha zikhona izikhundla zikahulumeni zombuso. Lezi zidinga abafakizicelo ukuba basebenzise futhi bakhethwe ngokusekelwe ezimisweni ezifanele. Ngenkathi abanye abaqeqeshwayo kanye nabangane nabo beya ezikhundleni ezivamile zakwaSmithsonian, iningi lagcwala ukuncintisana okuvulekile. Uhlelo olulodwa lwezemfundo oluvumela abaqeqeshiwe kanye nalabo abaphothule iziqu esikhathini esiphelele se-federal ngokuthi "Pathways".
UMnu: I-Smithsonian ibonakala iyingqayizivele uma kuziwa ekuxhaseni izindleko zabasebenzi bayo. Kukhona imisebenzi ye-federal nokuthi yini obiza ngokuthi izikhundla zokuthembela. Zazihluke kanjani lezo zombili?
I-JD: Lezi zikhundla ezixhaswe ngemali eqondene ngqo nezimali zikahulumeni zibhekwa njengasezinkambeni zikahulumeni, futhi izinqubo zokuqashiswa ezibhalwe yi-US Office of Personnel Management zilandelwa yiSmithsonian ekugcwaliseni lezi zikhundla. Cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu zezikhundla zethu zixhaswa ngemithombo ngaphandle kwemali eqondile yezimali ezifana nemali evela emisebenzini yethu yebhizinisi, izibonelelo kanye nezinkontileka, iminikelo yokusiza kanye nezimali ezivela ekuthomeni kokuqala ukuya e-United States nguJames Smithson ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19 .
Izikhundla zethu zokuthembela azikho enkonzweni kahulumeni, kodwa sizama ukufana namaholo kanye nezinzuzo ngokulinganayo.
UMnu: I-Smithsonian inezikhundla eziningi ezikhethekile. Kubonakala sengathi isisebenzi singathola insimu futhi sihlale kuyo isikhathi eside. Abantu bahlala isikhathi esingakanani ejensi?
I-JD: Ihlukile, kodwa sinabantu abaningi abaye banikela imisebenzi yabo yonke ku-Smithsonian. Lezi zivame ukutholakala emasimini okwehlukanisa lapho abasebenzi bethu abaningi beyizinkambu emasimini abo. Inombolo yila malungu abakhiqizi abasebenzi abasebenza lapha eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-50. Siphinde sibe nabantu abaningi abaye bahlala umhlalaphansi kodwa balondoloze isimo esiphuthumayo futhi abaqhubeka nokufaka isandla emkhakheni wabo wobuchwepheshe. Bavame ukwenza njengabaqondisi abayigugu kulabo abaza phakathi.
UMnu: Njengoba wazi, izindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokusebenza kuHulumeni waseHulumeni ngumcwaningi wokwaneliseka kwabasebenzi owenziwa njalo ngonyaka kubasebenzi bombuso. Ngo- rankings ka - 2013 , i-Smithsonian Institution ibekwe njengesikhungo sesibili esiphezulu kakhulu se-agency. Wena ubonisa ukuthi lokhu kuboniswa okunamandla?
I-JD: Abantu bazizwa ukuthi bangabamba iqhaza elihle. I-Smithsonian iyisikhungo sokufunda, futhi isisebenzi ngasinye siyaqonda ukuthi sithatha indima ekufezeni umsebenzi wethu wokuqhuba ucwaningo, ukufundisa umphakathi ngokuvakashelwa komuntu siqu kumamyuziyamu ethu kanye namadijithali emhlabeni jikelele.
UMongameli: Ngingathanda ukushiya ekukhulumeni nge-Smithsonian yonke ukuxoxa ngendaba yakho. Labo abasha emisebenzini yomphakathi bangathatha isilinganiso esithile sokuzethemba ekubhekeni komuntu owenze umsebenzi ophumelelayo emsebenzini kahulumeni. Ukukhuluma ngokuhlakanipha, ufike kanjani lapho ukhona manje?
I-JD: Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni ngathuthela eWashington, DC, ngathola umsebenzi e-federal agency, okokuqala njengomhlaziyi wezokuphatha futhi kamuva emkhakheni wezobudlelwane zabasebenzi. Ngathuthela eSmithsonian futhi ekugcineni ngaya esikoleni somthetho ebusuku futhi ngaphahla eHhovisi likaSmithsonian of General Counsel, ngenyukela ekubeni iPhini likaMeluleki Jikelele iminyaka eminingana. Ngabe sengishintsha imisebenzi futhi ngaba yinhloko yezidingo zabantu eMnyangweni lapho ngikhona manje.
UMnu: Usebenzise iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu emisebenzini yakho nge-Smithsonian. Yini eye ikugcine nge-ejenti isikhathi eside kangaka?
JD: Ngithanda ukufunda ngezihloko ze-eclectic, ngakho yimuphi indawo engcono? Ngaphezu kwalokho, nginabalingani abaningi abahlakaniphile nabathandekayo engisebenza nabo nsuku zonke. Futhi umsebenzi we-Smithsonian - ulwazi olwandayo nolwazi oluhlukeneyo emhlabeni - luhlanganisa nami.
UMnu: Okokugcina, yisiphi iseluleko onakho ngomuntu ocabangela umsebenzi wakhe emphakathini?
JD: Kuyagcwalisa ukwazi ukuthi wenze umzamo, futhi ngethemba lokuthi umehluko, ukuthuthukisa izimpilo zabanye.
Ishicilelwe ngo-Februwari 11, 2014.