“The manager’s function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work.”
― Tom DeMarco, Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams
@leyrer genau so war das verständnis meiner managerin, als ich 2000 für ca. ein halbes jahr für ein projekt bei nortel networks in ottawa war. als ich dann 2001 wieder nach österreich kam und mit dem hiesigen management ansatz, von oben herab überwachen und nach unten treten konfrontiert wurde, war ich sehr enttäuscht. leider kann ich nicht behaupten es in meiner karriere seit dem oft anders zu erleben (mit der positiven ausnahme der aktuellen anstellung).
@leyrer I read this book (not sure) about nearly 40 years ago at the start of my career. It is still current and valid.
@leyrer @wakame The "funny" part is how many in practice do the opposite.

Not making people work, but to make it impossible through their mismanagement.

@lispi314 @leyrer

"We need more meetings so you can explain to me and the other managers why progress is so slow."

@leyrer

Yes. Management is a supportive role.

But most of the time it is modeled as the “head” of the team and the self-perception of the manager is to be the most important person “everyone else can be replaced (by an AI)!”

On the other hand other supporting roles have this too, the janitor also often perceives themselves as the most important person – alas the salary is different.

@leyrer That is the stated function, but the function as demonstrated by the system is to manipulate the team emotionally to make them work harder, and to hide information to secure their role. A manager, by their very skillset, cannot contribute to the productive output of a team.