Comments on: First Post http://crispychris.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/first-post/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ed Schipul http://crispychris.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/first-post/#comment-2 Ed Schipul Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:05:19 +0000 http://crispychris.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/first-post/#comment-2 The unanswered question here is "what is the scope of the decisions?" While from the post I can't tell, and I definitely do not want to presume, it does make me think of Oncken and Wass’s article “Who’s Got the Monkey?” on management and decisions. http://workstar.net/library/monkey.htm From that link: "When a manager takes an unsolved problem from his subordinates, he is allowing a figurative monkey to leap from the employee's back to his back. When a manager has too many monkeys, he is increasing his own load, failing to develop his subordinates, and probably not solving the problems effectively in the final analysis." It probably doesn't relate, but like I said, for whatever reason your post made me think of it. Enjoying your blog! Ed The unanswered question here is “what is the scope of the decisions?” While from the post I can’t tell, and I definitely do not want to presume, it does make me think of Oncken and Wass’s article “Who’s Got the Monkey?” on management and decisions.

http://workstar.net/library/monkey.htm

From that link:
“When a manager takes an unsolved problem from his subordinates, he is allowing a figurative monkey to leap from the employee’s back to his back. When a manager has too many monkeys, he is increasing his own load, failing to develop his subordinates, and probably not solving the problems effectively in the final analysis.”

It probably doesn’t relate, but like I said, for whatever reason your post made me think of it.

Enjoying your blog!

Ed

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