On 8/26/25 9:48 PM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Management style docs writes on people under a manager, where they know
> the details better than the manager himself. Reword it so that it would be
> less confusing to non-native English speakers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes since v1 [1]:
>
> - Reword the confusing phrase (Konstantin)
>
> [1]:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/[email protected]/
>
> Documentation/process/management-style.rst | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
> b/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
> index dfbc69bf49d435..bb7a69e34ef180 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/management-style.rst
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ actually true.
> The name of the game is to **avoid** having to make a decision. In
> particular, if somebody tells you "choose (a) or (b), we really need you
> to decide on this", you're in trouble as a manager. The people you
> -manage had better know the details better than you, so if they come to
> +manage most likely know the details better than you, so if they come to
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
although I would have said
+manage should know the details better than you, so if they come to
Anyway, thanks for the better wording.
> you for a technical decision, you're screwed. You're clearly not
> competent to make that decision for them.
>
> @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ sure as hell shouldn't encourage them by promising them
> that what they
> work on will be included. Make them at least think twice before they
> embark on a big endeavor.
>
> -Remember: they'd better know more about the details than you do, and
> +Remember: they know the details better than you do, and
> they usually already think they have the answer to everything. The best
> thing you can do as a manager is not to instill confidence, but rather a
> healthy dose of critical thinking on what they do.
>
> base-commit: ee9a6691935490dc39605882b41b9452844d5e4e
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~Randy
