I work at a company that has been around for a very long time. We are talking 50+ years. And for 50 years they have done business pretty much the same way as technology and the world has changed around them. Why did they have such success in the past? They focused on what was important, people. They built their company on the foundation of relationships.
Recently we acquired some new "management" in our area. This new management loves reading all those management trade magazines, and going to all the management seminars, etc. He has got it in his head that the company is in drastic need of a complete change of how it does business in order to survive in the new world of technology. Suddently we are having meetings every day about how what we do today is wrong, and what we need to do for tomorrow is in this nice little article from "Management 101" magazine.
Not sure about you all, but I'm from the school of thought that believes if it ain't broke, it don't need fixin'! I can't tell you how much time and money we've already wasted exploring fixing all the problems he thinks we have in our already strong and stable business.
I'm interested to see how it all pans out. I just hope our company can survive the mess.
POST A COMMENTavid reader(07/20/2006)
Oh Lord Almighty. What is it with these idiot managers and their magazines? Oh and Mercer studies! I used to have a boss that would make all his decisions based on what a Mercer study said. Please! Get a clue!
PJ in Minnesota(08/01/2006)
I really hate when new people start making big changes right away. Stay in your job about 6 months and figure out why things are done the way they're done. And all those trendy "management" skills? Use yer head. A little common sense goes a long way.
PermanentlyAnnoyed(08/02/2006)
New managers do this because that way, they take some control over a situation. Instead of just learning the lay of the land for a month or two, they want change, change, change! And then they wonder why people leave!
Midwesterner (07/19/2006)
This is soooooo classic. This happened at my company too about a year ago and I can tell you quite a few of the "good people" left. You are right, if it aint broke, don't fix it. Try to improve it a little if you want, sure but drastic change for the sake of change never works. Good luck to the new "management". Unfortunately, higher ups never learn (or maybe they never really do) until people leave or the plan fails or both!
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