Does modern management theory make sense and promote efficiency, or is it wasteful?
I don’t really know about the theory of management, but I will assume that the company I work for tries to make sure its managers apply these modern theories. Let me see… My manager does ask whether we are overloaded, asks for our opinion on matters where we are supposed to be the ones with the detailed knowledge, does say we should have lunch at some point in time, does tell us that we have to balance work and life, does ask whether we need help of any kind at work… Now, I have 2 managers, one means these things, and the other doesn’t. And it’s quite clear who does and who doesn’t. I think that management has more to do with personality than with management theories. A good manager 10 years ago would still be a good manager todaybecause he/she would get people to work for him/her by personality. Paying lip-service to what ‘good managers do’ is worse than just being a selfish and useless b*stard; it makes the manager add conniving to his list of adjectives. Efficiency is affected a
