American Management Explained. This Guy Nails It.

[geardaddy]

[randome]

1. Please. Everyone knows that private enterprise is SO much more efficient than government.

And by 'everyone' I mean everyone who has never worked a day for a large corporation.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[geardaddy]

2. Spot on, randome.

[Rex]

8. Doesn't need to be a large corporation.

I've seen small businesses micromanage their way into bankruptcy.

[Fumesucker]

3. K&R

[fredamae]

4. Sounds Like "New Dem Party"

Leadership mentality also...

[smirkymonkey]

5. I've worked in corporations my entire life...

and that is it EXACTLY!!

[Populist_Prole]

6. Been that way at pretty much every company I worked for the past 30 years

It really didn't matter how financially well or poorly they were doing either; it's just cultural.

Another common theme I've noticed is the use of silly metrics to show performance on the part of middle management ( and by lower management to appease the middle ). The stats themselves regarding whatever are supposed to be ancillary but always seemed to end up having a life of their own and seemed to eclipse the real purpose of why we're there. Lots of abstract bullshit. "Do what looks good for Mr XYZ now even if it makes things worse later for somebody else...that's his problem".

Micromangement pisses me off too, but what really drives me up a wall is a seeming overnight decision to double down ( or triple down ) on micromanagement. Sometimes I ( we ) can't get anything done because we constantly have to stop and explain the situation or provide constant updates to several people who seemingly never talk to each other.

As I get more weary and cynical I'm afraid it's going to get even harder for me to cope till retirement.

[geardaddy]

7. Yes!

I completely agree. The whole idea of quantifying work for work's sake drives me up a wall.

[Populist_Prole]

13. I think it's an MBA mindset

I've read that it's central point with "business" types that one can run any business regardless of any background because it's all just about financialization and metrics, and where EVERYthing has to be measured/quantified, even in nebulous cases or where physics intervene.

Assholes; every last one of them.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Um.....

....i have an MBA. And we just agreed on this very same topic. Keep that broad brush in a safe place, prole.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Chasing The Metric

I could not agree more. Then you have people with MBO's attached to the metric, while those that don't have that goal have others that are not compatible. Ends up multple people chasing different metrics, none of which are aligned and are only tangentially indicative of corporate success.

[Populist_Prole]

18. Well said

Thanks.

[calimary]

9. Amazing and profound and true.

Sure boils it down!

[NJCher]

10. I worked in big corporations for 20 years

The first half of my career, and I never could figure out how any of them made any money.

Has to be the biggest scam going.



Cher

[hifiguy]

11. That not only hits the bull's eye,

it blows it into atomic subcomponents. Absolutely frikkin' perfect.

[MindPilot]

12. But the Japanese executives ignored warnings from employees that the boat had a leak.

The North Koreans--who were not only not in the race, but never even made a movie about it--claimed victory by default when the Japanese boat sank.

Seriously I've worked for a Japanese company...from a management perspective, there is not much difference. The Japanese winning the race in this scenario would be pure dumb luck, not management expertise. The reality is the race would be over by the time the Japanese executives finally decided on a cutesy name for their boat.

[annabanana]

14. Boy HOWDY!

Does THAT ever hit the nail on the head. . .

big k&r for that one.


(stealing)

[LWolf]

15. This is, unhappily,

so familiar it can't be funny.

[lpbk2713]

16. So true, so true.