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Bad boss stories-research
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (McRitchie, Karen)
Tue Jun 26 13:15:16 2012
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Hi friends and colleagues!
I heard that this year's conference was a good one, we couldn't send someon=
e this year which was disappointing. I am presenting a paper at the SIGUCC=
S fall conference on bad management in IT. Here is the abstract:
There are thousands of management books out there in the world, guiding us =
to lead, follow, create a great team, coach your team, team collaboration, =
lead from above, lead from the middle, motivate the team, reward the team, =
reward yourself, manage change, manage performance, manage your time, think=
inside the box, think outside the box, manage without thinking...whew! Re=
gardless of the book, article, webinar, or seminar that we learn from, it c=
enters on the positive aspects of managing and most find a way to align the=
mselves with the message, often not recognizing their own management styles=
may actually conflict with the message. What about the negative aspects o=
f managing? Very few I.T managers are given proper training or mentoring b=
efore being assigned human beings to "manage" and many of them fall short o=
f the managers outlined in all of the great advice given by authors and fac=
ilitators. Whether you work for someone with bad management habits or you =
identify with some of the undesirable qualities, yourself, and it is helpfu=
l to be able to recognize the qualities of these styles and either work to =
rid the world of the not-so-great management habits or learn some creative =
techniques to deal with those traits and the people you cannot change.
What I thought would be an interesting part of a presentation, would be to =
share some actual stories, so I was hoping you could send me privately (mcr=
itchi@grinnell.edu<mailto:mcritchi@grinnell.edu>) some of your "bad boss" e=
xperiences. (even if you were the "bad boss" ) All stories are confidentia=
l and no school or person's names will be used, but I think it helps and is=
comforting for those of us experiencing bad management styles, to know tha=
t there are others out there with similar experiences. Here are some ideas=
:
Reactive vs. proactive
Micromanagers
Being everyone's friend
Change management
Communication / listening
Lacking IT skills/knowledge
Emotional intelligence-personality issues
Inconsistency
Decision making processes (e.g. lack of logical thinking, no post-decision =
evaluation to see if its working)
Stereotype bosses: bullies, chameleons (change depending on who their talk=
ing too), show-offs, takes credit for your work, shows favoritism, etc.
I would really appreciate any help that you can provide, and I will be hap=
py to share the presentation/paper when it is completed...it would also hel=
p to include how you were able to deal with the experience or did you just =
try to avoid the issue.
Have a great week and thanks for your help,
Karen
Karen McRitchie
Information Technology Services
Grinnell College
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Hi friends and colleagues! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I heard that this year’s conference was a good=
one, we couldn’t send someone this year which was disappointing.&nbs=
p; I am presenting a paper at the SIGUCCS fall conference on bad management=
in IT. Here is the abstract:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left:.5in"><i><span style=3D"font-si=
ze:10.0pt">There are thousands of management books out there in the world, =
guiding us to lead, follow, create a great team, coach your team, team coll=
aboration, lead from above, lead from
the middle, motivate the team, reward the team, reward yourself, manage ch=
ange, manage performance, manage your time, think inside the box, think out=
side the box, manage without thinking…whew! Regardless of the b=
ook, article, webinar, or seminar that we learn
from, it centers on the positive aspects of managing and most find a way t=
o align themselves with the message, often not recognizing their own manage=
ment styles may actually conflict with the message. What about the ne=
gative aspects of managing? Very few
I.T managers are given proper training or mentoring before being assigned =
human beings to “manage” and many of them fall short of the man=
agers outlined in all of the great advice given by authors and facilitators=
. Whether you work for someone with bad management
habits or you identify with some of the undesirable qualities, yourself, a=
nd it is helpful to be able to recognize the qualities of these styles and =
either work to rid the world of the not-so-great management habits or learn=
some creative techniques to deal
with those traits and the people you cannot change. <spa=
n style=3D"color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">What I thought would be an interesting part of a pre=
sentation, would be to share some actual stories, so I was hoping you could=
send me privately (<a href=3D"mailto:mcritchi@grinnell.edu">mcritchi@grinn=
ell.edu</a>) some of your “bad boss”
experiences. (even if you were the “bad boss” ) All=
stories are confidential and no school or person’s names will be use=
d, but I think it helps and is comforting for those of us experiencing bad =
management styles, to know that there are others out there with
similar experiences. Here are some ideas:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Reactive vs. proactive<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Micromanagers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Being everyone’s friend<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Change management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Communication / listening <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Lacking IT skills/knowledge<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Emotional intelligence-personality issues<o:p></o:p>=
</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Inconsistency<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Decision making processes (e.g. lack of logical thin=
king, no post-decision evaluation to see if its working)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Stereotype bosses: bullies, chameleons (change=
depending on who their talking too), show-offs, takes credit for your work=
, shows favoritism, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I would really appreciate any help that you ca=
n provide, and I will be happy to share the presentation/paper when it is c=
ompleted…it would also help to include how you were able to deal with=
the experience or did you just try to avoid
the issue.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Have a great week and thanks for your help,<o:p></o:=
p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Karen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:Teen">Karen McRitchie<o:p=
></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:Teen">Information Technol=
ogy Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:Teen">Grinnell College<o:=
p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:Teen"><o:p> </o:p></=
span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:Teen"><o:p> </o:p></=
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