An observation about management.

daniel on Jul 5th 2007

Assertion: If only the most competent people in an organisation are promoted, they will inevitably rise to positions where they are incompetent, and say there.

Assertion: If only the most incompetent people are promoted, so as to limit the damage they can do, they will inevitably be incompetent, period.

Conclusion: Management is always incompetent.

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2 Responses to “An observation about management.”

  1. # Geof F. Morrison 05 Jul 2007 at 3:59 pm

    Yeah, that’s dubious logic.

  2. # danielon 10 Jul 2007 at 4:56 pm

    I know. It’s my own management-adapted version of the Morton Fork…