Really, I think it's just the Peter Principle. People get promoted because they are good at their jobs, until they are in jobs they are not good at. I think most crazy bosses are insecure managers.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 18, 2010 7:55:20 am PDT #308 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jessica - Oct 18, 2010 7:59:54 am PDT #309 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Peter Principle xpost!
I cite once again this year's Ig-Nobel winner for the Management Prize:
MANAGEMENT PRIZE: Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, and Cesare Garofalo of the University of Catania, Italy, for demonstrating mathematically that organizations would become more efficient if they promoted people at random.
tommyrot - Oct 18, 2010 8:02:30 am PDT #310 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Personally, I think companies would be more productive if 6% of all management were Daleks and 8% were Cylons.
Jesse - Oct 18, 2010 8:08:47 am PDT #311 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ION, I got a flu shot because the government told me to, and now my arm is sore!
bon bon - Oct 18, 2010 8:08:48 am PDT #312 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I wish I could find the article on this -- it may have been in the NYT -- but there is data on premise that supervisors become less empathetic and more irrational. Power corrupts the soul.
Calli - Oct 18, 2010 8:10:20 am PDT #313 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I think companies would be more productive if 6% of all management were Daleks and 8% were Cylons.And perhaps 7% Cybermen, to enhance workflow and productivity?
tommyrot - Oct 18, 2010 8:12:13 am PDT #314 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Perhaps 7% Cybermen, to enhance workflow and productivity?
Good point!
And perhaps companies should hire the occasional Borg consultant....
Connie Neil - Oct 18, 2010 8:13:24 am PDT #315 of 30001
brillig
It's kind of sad, if you don't want to be promoted to a job where you can't be as effective as where you're at, you're not considered to be serious about your career or you're just lazy. But if they left a kickass manager at a mid-level, they'd get all sorts of great effort.
Polter-Cow - Oct 18, 2010 8:15:13 am PDT #316 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
YOU ARE SUPERIOR IN ONLY ONE RESPECT.
WHAT IS THAT?
YOU ARE BETTER AT BEING FIRED.
tommyrot - Oct 18, 2010 8:15:30 am PDT #317 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hee!