Mismanagement
I have been thinking of writing a post on this topic for a very long time. So while my wounds are still raw, I will vent out all the frustrations :-).
Managers…. Ahem!!! My friend Vasu says that “Managers all are Damagers” something with which I wholeheartedly agree. But, first we look at the dictionary meaning of this M word….”One who handles, controls, or directs” … It states out very generically what they are supposed to do. The managers I am referring to in this post are related to the software industry…although I think it will be a common trait everywhere, but I will leave the others for the time being.
To the above definition I would like to add the word ‘efficiently’ at the end. The question is how many of the so called managers actually do their job? How many get away just by using borrowed management jargons and how many don’t do anything…. Just play the ‘blame game’…. The first category, have very few people in it…. I haven’t come across more than one or two in my limited experience in this field… but I can safely assume that they are a rare and endangered species. Most of the others fall in the second bracket, I will not discuss them as the main objective of this post are those who fall in the third group i.e., push the blame somewhere else and try to escape.
These managers do not want to take hard decisions or any decisions…they do not want to know if the resources are overburdened. They are more interested in knowing what vegetables are put in maggi noodles. Another trait of such great managers is asking the same question again and again…. try giving different answers every time; it really doesn’t matter as the previous answer has already been erased from memory and the current one will get erased almost instantaneously. They allocate resources even if the resources are not available during that period; useless informing them of leaves and reallocation. They don’t raise their voices when required, and keep pestering people for all the wrong reasons. They maintain scores of excel sheets to portray correct project status but do not act if the project is going haywire and then in the end put the entire blame on someone else…. Phew!!!! I am tired …. And I am not even half way through………. :-)
But, I’ll stop here. I think its enough of manager bashing for the time being…..
Managers…. Ahem!!! My friend Vasu says that “Managers all are Damagers” something with which I wholeheartedly agree. But, first we look at the dictionary meaning of this M word….”One who handles, controls, or directs” … It states out very generically what they are supposed to do. The managers I am referring to in this post are related to the software industry…although I think it will be a common trait everywhere, but I will leave the others for the time being.
To the above definition I would like to add the word ‘efficiently’ at the end. The question is how many of the so called managers actually do their job? How many get away just by using borrowed management jargons and how many don’t do anything…. Just play the ‘blame game’…. The first category, have very few people in it…. I haven’t come across more than one or two in my limited experience in this field… but I can safely assume that they are a rare and endangered species. Most of the others fall in the second bracket, I will not discuss them as the main objective of this post are those who fall in the third group i.e., push the blame somewhere else and try to escape.
These managers do not want to take hard decisions or any decisions…they do not want to know if the resources are overburdened. They are more interested in knowing what vegetables are put in maggi noodles. Another trait of such great managers is asking the same question again and again…. try giving different answers every time; it really doesn’t matter as the previous answer has already been erased from memory and the current one will get erased almost instantaneously. They allocate resources even if the resources are not available during that period; useless informing them of leaves and reallocation. They don’t raise their voices when required, and keep pestering people for all the wrong reasons. They maintain scores of excel sheets to portray correct project status but do not act if the project is going haywire and then in the end put the entire blame on someone else…. Phew!!!! I am tired …. And I am not even half way through………. :-)
But, I’ll stop here. I think its enough of manager bashing for the time being…..
posted by Bina @ 1:25 AM
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