There's some sense in this, in a way. A manager does not *do* the work, they are supposed to facilitate its getting done. They need to know haw to navigate company politics, manage human resource issues, assign tasks to the appropriate people, deal with interpersonal conflicts in their staff, develop junior employees, etc. All these are things that people with a largely technical education abhor doing, and are terrible at doing when they are forced into doing it.
It works if the managers delegate the technical decisions to the technical people, and take their input seriously. Sadly, many managers don't have the self-confidence to really do this. Allan Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nope. A degree in science or engineering disqualifies one to be > management -- "too close to the work". You must have "independent > thinking skills" and be able to blow the current psuedo-scientific > smoke, whatever brand it is these days. If you know how things > actually work, you won't be able to make "critical decisions" > (i.e. cut costs at whatever expense). > > Sad but true. How many CEOs and upper management these days have > degrees in English? More than you would think, it's ballyhooed at > universities as the road to success! > > Peter -- 1983 300D 1966 230
