[HN Gopher] What Is Management?
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       What Is Management?
        
       Author : sturza
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2022-04-03 20:00 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | drewcoo wrote:
       | This seems a bit confused. Some sort of bibliography would help
       | me understand where all of these pronouncements are coming from.
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       | People are usually considered "resources" in this kind of
       | management speak. (As in "human resources.") I have no idea what
       | is meant here by "resources and contributors." Much of this needs
       | clear definition to make any sense.
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       | I can't make any sense of the whole war and peace business. Is it
       | peace time if there are no unknown unknowns? I'm sure Rumsfeld
       | would disagree.
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       | What the hell are we paying managers for if not to be
       | responsible? Why is risk something the lackeys deal with "from
       | the bottom up?"
        
       | cosmiccatnap wrote:
       | Management is what happens when you need an excuse for why
       | nothing happens.
        
       | jimduk wrote:
       | Management is about sensemaking. Management provides the last
       | answer (if one is needed) for 'Why are we doing this?'. It
       | carries accountability for calling 'when to stop', and in the
       | obverse provides belief and is the backstop that 'this can be
       | done'. It therefore also has accountability for changing
       | constraints (money, scope, resource, time) if needed when asked.
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       | Management ties contexts together, so other individuals don't
       | have to ask infinite 'whys', they trust the manager has this
       | covered.
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       | Management can be done by individuals, within the team, or
       | hierarchically. All can work.
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       | Personally strongly disagree with 'managers typically have no
       | skin in the game'. I find it is necessary to care about the
       | outcome and the team and the customer when I work, but YMMV. Do
       | agree that management is a support, though I prefer to use the
       | analogy that it is the 'glue' role
        
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