http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2006/the-manager-thats-never-around/ Management and Creative Thinking Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:58:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2006/the-manager-thats-never-around/comment-page-1/#comment-21183 randomthoughts » Wise words Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:38:26 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=218#comment-21183 [...] Wise words Tags: Quality, management, productivity Monday, March 20th, 2006 To work 70 hours is a statement of work, not of progress. For every idiot working 70 hours there’s a smarter, wiser man who’s doing the same amount of work in 50 because he’s paying more attention to results than the clock. I’d rather be, and rather hire, that man. Source (via) [...] [...] Wise words Tags: Quality, management, productivity Monday, March 20th, 2006 To work 70 hours is a statement of work, not of progress. For every idiot working 70 hours there’s a smarter, wiser man who’s doing the same amount of work in 50 because he’s paying more attention to results than the clock. I’d rather be, and rather hire, that man. Source (via) [...]

]]> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2006/the-manager-thats-never-around/comment-page-1/#comment-4604 Ahmad Thu, 18 May 2006 09:08:20 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=218#comment-4604 i agree with Alex Shapiro. unfortunately most managers comes out of heavens directly .i have hardly seen managers growing .How come a manager can understand the problems of his workers if he has never been through that time .Most companies prefer to have an alien manager to impress its workforce rather then create a sanctuary to grow managers .How unfortunate ;) i agree with Alex Shapiro. unfortunately most managers comes out of heavens directly .i have hardly seen managers growing .How come a manager can understand the problems of his workers if he has never been through that time .Most companies prefer to have an alien manager to impress its workforce rather then create a sanctuary to grow managers .How unfortunate ;)

]]> http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2006/the-manager-thats-never-around/comment-page-1/#comment-3440 Alex Shapiro Mon, 17 Apr 2006 05:14:16 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/?p=218#comment-3440 This is pretty accurate, but I found the lack of analysis of why managers act that way a bit disappointing. Chucking it off to “pride” is giving too much credit to the managers. In my and my friends experience managers usually know less then who work under them, and as such they need to create an air of unavailability and intimidation so they won’t be challenged on anything. The usual explanation they try to convince themselves of is “I see the big picture, I don’t have the time for details”, but in reality they are just hiding their inadequacy. I am now working as a manager and try to remain as I was before in regards to my relations with coworkers. A manager has to have most of the knowledge required for the successful completion of a given project, and hence has to have that knowledge or work harder then his subordinates to acquire it. As it usually happens, the biggest kiss-ass get the job and everyone suffers, including the project. I got the promotion only because our management is tight with money and there wasn’t enough time to find a new manager to meet the deadline. This is pretty accurate, but I found the lack of analysis of why managers act that way a bit disappointing. Chucking it off to “pride” is giving too much credit to the managers. In my and my friends experience managers usually know less then who work under them, and as such they need to create an air of unavailability and intimidation so they won’t be challenged on anything. The usual explanation they try to convince themselves of is “I see the big picture, I don’t have the time for details”, but in reality they are just hiding their inadequacy. I am now working as a manager and try to remain as I was before in regards to my relations with coworkers. A manager has to have most of the knowledge required for the successful completion of a given project, and hence has to have that knowledge or work harder then his subordinates to acquire it. As it usually happens, the biggest kiss-ass get the job and everyone suffers, including the project. I got the promotion only because our management is tight with money and there wasn’t enough time to find a new manager to meet the deadline.

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