Comments on: Authority and Accountability http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/08/25/authority-and-accountability/ It's not a lesson in learning to be nice to people. Management is about leverage and impact. Wed, 7 Jan 2009 01:38:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kevin Black http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/08/25/authority-and-accountability/#comment-22270 Kevin Black Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:48:07 +0000 http://www.managementblog.org/?p=936#comment-22270 This has been a great series. I especially liked the post where you saw through the concept of "building concensus", and saw it for what it really was in this case: avoiding making decisions. I also agree with the previous commenter that the Information Hub is a key component to managing successfully. To take that thought a little farther, there can also be positions on the ground level of an organization which are information hubs. Positions which, by their very job desctiption, involve communicating with various groups within the organization. Those people can also be good sources of information for what they see on a day to day basis. Good sources of information like that allow managers to make sound decisions. Thanks Tom. This has been a great series.

I especially liked the post where you saw through the concept of "building concensus", and saw it for what it really was in this case: avoiding making decisions.

I also agree with the previous commenter that the Information Hub is a key component to managing successfully.

To take that thought a little farther, there can also be positions on the ground level of an organization which are information hubs. Positions which, by their very job desctiption, involve communicating with various groups within the organization. Those people can also be good sources of information for what they see on a day to day basis.

Good sources of information like that allow managers to make sound decisions.

Thanks Tom.

]]> By: Tom Foster http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/08/25/authority-and-accountability/#comment-22239 Tom Foster Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:42:07 +0000 http://www.managementblog.org/?p=936#comment-22239 Spirovski, Thank you for providing a useful "name" to describe Alicia when she says she is "the one in position to know all the changing circumstances. The INFORMATION HUB POSITION. I like that. Spirovski,
Thank you for providing a useful "name" to describe Alicia when she says she is "the one in position to know all the changing circumstances. The INFORMATION HUB POSITION. I like that.

]]> By: Spirovski Bozidar http://www.managementblog.org/archives/2008/08/25/authority-and-accountability/#comment-22229 Spirovski Bozidar Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:31:39 +0000 http://www.managementblog.org/?p=936#comment-22229 Although you are quite right about the position of authority and accountability held by Alicia, You fail to emphasize another point existing in this example: Alicia holds the INFORMATION HUB POSITION - She is "in the know" both on the elements of the projects by her employees as well as the strategic decisions and guidelines from her managers. Her leadership position is supported by being the right person to make the informed decision, which is the only correct way to do it! Spirovski Bozidar http://www.shortinfosec.net/ Although you are quite right about the position of authority and accountability held by Alicia, You fail to emphasize another point existing in this example:

Alicia holds the INFORMATION HUB POSITION - She is "in the know" both on the elements of the projects by her employees as well as the strategic decisions and guidelines from her managers.

Her leadership position is supported by being the right person to make the informed decision, which is the only correct way to do it!

Spirovski Bozidar
http://www.shortinfosec.net/

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