Comments on: Management Styles http://anandhansubbiah.com/blog/managemet-styles/ 'Inspire and Innovate' Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:02:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tom F. http://anandhansubbiah.com/blog/managemet-styles/comment-page-1/#comment-12769 Tom F. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:32:13 +0000 http://anandhansubbiah.com/blog/managemet-styles/#comment-12769 >>It is the job of the business to have plans to change the world and the engineers should support and execute on it. A good manager will have the ability to identify folks who can create and deliver at the same time but it will be extremely unhealthy if you have individuals who have a personal agenda which does not align with the business. I understand your point, but I'm not sure I agree entirely. Where good ideas come from is unpredictable. In some companies, they come almost exclusively from technologies; in others from the product side of the house. Technology implementers should not simply slavishly do whatever the business tells them to do; after all, the business doesn't have all the information--no one group does. A process must exist to ensure the best ideas, both strategic and tactical, have an opportunity to surface and be examined on their merits. >>It is the job of the business to have plans to change the world and the engineers should support and execute on it. A good manager will have the ability to identify folks who can create and deliver at the same time but it will be extremely unhealthy if you have individuals who have a personal agenda which does not align with the business.

I understand your point, but I’m not sure I agree entirely. Where good ideas come from is unpredictable. In some companies, they come almost exclusively from technologies; in others from the product side of the house. Technology implementers should not simply slavishly do whatever the business tells them to do; after all, the business doesn’t have all the information–no one group does. A process must exist to ensure the best ideas, both strategic and tactical, have an opportunity to surface and be examined on their merits.

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