Definitions on management & managers by gurus like Peter. F Drucker and Taylor are focused towards organization development, productivity people management and output termed as goals.
My question is how many managers understand this? How many managers know the true definition of Manager and Management? What are the characteristics of management? How to use authority & power? What is the meaning of responsibility?
Often managers define responsibility in a philosophic way. They define responsibility as “MUST DO’s” of a subordinate which he or she has never done. I opinion them as the most selfish class of Homo sapiens. They are vision less and don’t have guts to take decisions. They feel they are only programmed for executing tasks which are given to them and monitor people below by showing power (Control).
I wonder why they are not open for feedback and remain as a bottleneck in upward communication. They have power, control and a strong sense of insecurity with them. They are so happy to be called as task masters meet expectations of their bosses and remain as useless mass and source of frustration to people around.
“Advocating Dependency Theory”
Ability to win over others is not power. I have seen couple of managers who exercise their power on people by making subordinates deprived. They call this “carrot and stick” motivation (when will they understand this). The term power is relative. It gives someone the ability to handle problematic situations at work place better. However it’s used to inflict pain, politics and frustration among the subordinates.
These kinds of situations are quite common at work place irrespective of size. However if you are passionate about management practices and have academic interest in theory of management it will lead to serious frustration and depression. I choose to work in silos and advocate meet and council as many young brains and executives to take leadership path and horn their skills thank taking managerial path. I call these types of inefficient people as organizational parasites and disgrace to management.
