Comments on: Management skills http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Rise Of the MBA And The Fall Of Business http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-79285 The Rise Of the MBA And The Fall Of Business Fri, 01 May 2009 12:32:18 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-79285 [...] a recent post Justine Larbalestier said, “I was fascinated by Background Briefing’s recent documentary about the emergence of [...] [...] a recent post Justine Larbalestier said, “I was fascinated by Background Briefing’s recent documentary about the emergence of [...]

]]> By: bookwormchris http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78935 bookwormchris Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:36:12 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78935 I have failed to find a video about sprockets which I have no doubt that you would have found quite amusing. I have failed to find a video about sprockets which I have no doubt that you would have found quite amusing.

]]> By: Nicola http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78933 Nicola Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:33:48 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78933 We had a new manager start at our workplace a few months ago having come from another industry and, while none of his eff-ups have been huge, they have been ongoing. When a colleague suggested at a meeting with other management staff that the problem seemed to be that the new manager didn't seem to understand what we do and what we are trying to achieve she was told, 'A good manager doesn't need to know those things.' WTF?! This is the kind of thing that makes me want to stay in bed, hide under my covers and never come out again. We had a new manager start at our workplace a few months ago having come from another industry and, while none of his eff-ups have been huge, they have been ongoing. When a colleague suggested at a meeting with other management staff that the problem seemed to be that the new manager didn’t seem to understand what we do and what we are trying to achieve she was told, ‘A good manager doesn’t need to know those things.’ WTF?! This is the kind of thing that makes me want to stay in bed, hide under my covers and never come out again.

]]> By: Mary Elizabeth S. http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78921 Mary Elizabeth S. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:46:17 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78921 I am currently the property manager at an apartment complex. Anyone want to guess what job I did when I started working there? I was the cleaning lady's *assistant*. I wasn't even the cleaning lady. I was her helper, which means "go-for and general doer of undesirable things". I do not think you can go any lower on the apartment complex staff hierarchy. Now I am manager, and although I have ZERO schooling in management or business or rental law or any such thing to do with this job, I'm very good at what I do because I've been in the middle of it for five years and learned a few tricks along the way. Check my tenant balances and vacancy rate, they are proof of my success in the face of un-business-education-ness. ~Mary I am currently the property manager at an apartment complex. Anyone want to guess what job I did when I started working there?

I was the cleaning lady’s *assistant*. I wasn’t even the cleaning lady. I was her helper, which means “go-for and general doer of undesirable things”. I do not think you can go any lower on the apartment complex staff hierarchy.

Now I am manager, and although I have ZERO schooling in management or business or rental law or any such thing to do with this job, I’m very good at what I do because I’ve been in the middle of it for five years and learned a few tricks along the way. Check my tenant balances and vacancy rate, they are proof of my success in the face of un-business-education-ness.

~Mary

]]> By: J http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78915 J Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:38:09 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78915 Ah, don't we all wish life worked that way? you could just walk in a room and with your wonderful management skills (which i don't seem to have yet my groups always make me the leader. poor me.) and sweep up the entire room with your brilliance and MANAGE everything. what a dissapointment. on the bright side, finished my short story! why do so many of my stories end in death? something i must ponder. well, back to the word mines for me. Ah, don’t we all wish life worked that way? you could just walk in a room and with your wonderful management skills (which i don’t seem to have yet my groups always make me the leader. poor me.) and sweep up the entire room with your brilliance and MANAGE everything. what a dissapointment. on the bright side, finished my short story! why do so many of my stories end in death? something i must ponder. well, back to the word mines for me.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78872 Justine Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:38:24 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78872 Sarah: Hahahahaha! (past) margaret: I will admit that part of my dislike of MBAs comes from having met some truly appalling MBA students back in the day. Worse than the aggies or the engineers by far! Sarah: Hahahahaha!

(past) margaret: I will admit that part of my dislike of MBAs comes from having met some truly appalling MBA students back in the day. Worse than the aggies or the engineers by far!

]]> By: (past) margaret http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78863 (past) margaret Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:37:01 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78863 As a former employee of a B-school library, I can guarantee you, from personal experience, that MBAs *are* mostly bloody awful. Especially to library staff. As a former employee of a B-school library, I can guarantee you, from personal experience, that MBAs *are* mostly bloody awful. Especially to library staff.

]]> By: Annalee Flower Horne http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78836 Annalee Flower Horne Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:47:05 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78836 Sprockets: in motorcycles, at least, the sprocket is the toothed cog that allows the bike's chain to turn the back wheel, thus powering it. I assume it's the same for bicycles, but with a different kind of engine :). Sprockets: in motorcycles, at least, the sprocket is the toothed cog that allows the bike’s chain to turn the back wheel, thus powering it. I assume it’s the same for bicycles, but with a different kind of engine :) .

]]> By: Nicholas Waller http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78829 Nicholas Waller Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:47:01 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78829 I had a friend who was in college publishing with me, did an MBA and then worked in consultancy on various projects - one for the oil industry, about which she knew nothing. But she's back in publishing now as a CEO. One criticism I saw of MBAs of the case-study variety is that it is backward-looking, much as the armed services are accused of tooling up to fight the last war rather than the next one. I had a friend who was in college publishing with me, did an MBA and then worked in consultancy on various projects – one for the oil industry, about which she knew nothing. But she’s back in publishing now as a CEO.

One criticism I saw of MBAs of the case-study variety is that it is backward-looking, much as the armed services are accused of tooling up to fight the last war rather than the next one.

]]> By: BoingBoing » MBAs: Most Bloody Awful, Aussie radio documentary on the problem with biz-school http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78795 BoingBoing » MBAs: Most Bloody Awful, Aussie radio documentary on the problem with biz-school Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:56:02 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78795 [...] (via Justine Larbalestier) [...] [...] (via Justine Larbalestier) [...]

]]> By: Brendan Podger http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78794 Brendan Podger Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:38:55 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78794 Where I work we have the worst of both worlds. Clueless upper management with MBAs etc, and the middle management have been there forever and still operate as if it is twenty years ago - afraid of anything new. Where I work we have the worst of both worlds. Clueless upper management with MBAs etc, and the middle management have been there forever and still operate as if it is twenty years ago – afraid of anything new.

]]> By: Sarah Rees Brennan http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/04/27/management-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-78791 Sarah Rees Brennan Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:26:03 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=3833#comment-78791 This is simply senseless, Justine. My brother did an MBA, and he now has a flourishing career! . . . As a professional poker player. Never mind. This is simply senseless, Justine. My brother did an MBA, and he now has a flourishing career!

. . . As a professional poker player. Never mind.

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