In the modern corporation the decisive power, that of the managers , is derived from no one but the managers themselves controlled by nobody and nothing and responsible to no one. It is in the most literal sense unfounded, unjustified, uncontrolled and irresponsible power.
A manager can never accept somebody at the top influencing his decisions about the team.
A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and the managers define what is 'irresponsible'.
You do hear a lot about 'player power,' but I'm one of those who believes the manager is there to take control, to be in charge.
... the place where [adults] pass the most time and submit to the closest control is at work. Thus, without even entering into the question of the world economy's ultimate dictation within narrow limits of everybody's productive activity, it's apparent that the source of the greatest direct duress experienced by the ordinary adult is _not_ the state but rather the business that employs him. Your foreman or supervisor gives you more or-else orders in a week than the police do in a decade.
I never wanted to give up my power. I wanted to be able to make my own decisions, so that's why I became involved in management, bottom line.
... a meddler who cannot leave his subordinates alone is a hands on executive.
You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion
Anywhere my manager tells me to go, I go.
Business, especially big business, is now organized like an army. It is, as some would say, a sort of mild militarism without bloodshed; as I say, a militarism without the military virtues.
Corporations, by their nature, do not function as democratic organizations.
People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace?
I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of, because I wanted my salary.
'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'
If the owner goes inside a team and picks one player to play, I can no longer be the manager. Decisions must be made by the manager.
The opinion among railway managers seems generally to prevail, that their will is the supreme law
You have to make decisions that you think are right for the club. I also think that, in the dressing room, there should only ever be one voice and it's got to be the manager's.
The net effect of increasing scale, centralization of capital, vertical integration and diversification within the corporate form of enterprise has been to replace the 'invisible hand' of the market by the 'visible hand' of the managers.
Whoever is in charge of the artist will always have the upper hand. They act like it's the artists' world, but it's the other way around, so they're going to do whatever they want to do.
It was a disaster. I need to play with freedom, and Hodgson didn't let me cross the halfway line.
