A study finds that bosses can be useful but also sneaky

Re:A study finds that bosses can be useful but also sneaky by stunt on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:52AM (#21335203)

> If managers are getting things done by wielding their authority from the org chart, odds are they aren't great leaders to begin with.

Agree. If an organisation has power distance between managers and others, perhaps they have more fundamental problems to begin with.

By power I meant the privileges and rights that comes with their responsiblities and tasks. A simple example would be rights to ask for more resources or budget.

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Re:A study finds that bosses can be useful but also sneaky by Scarblac on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:44PM (#21337551)

At my workplace the organisation is pretty flat (director of IT services is officially the only one above ~25 devs and ops people, and he's busy with sales and long term strategy).

I miss having more people with official power when discussions go on and on without reaching a conclusion, and when there is work that everybody agrees needs doing but nobody wants to do.

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