From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 11:00:17 MST
2002-12-06 08:01:53, Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
>Superiors are called to account for not staying on top of their subordinates
>conduct all the time. I know of no managerial theory that exemps a managers
>responsibility for their subordinates on the basis of ignorance.
>Ron h.
I was not talking about theory. I know that superiors are also *not* called to account "all the time"; far
from it. There is also a spectrum of being called to account: "this will affect your chances of promotion"
versus "pack your things, you're fired" versus getting indicted by a grand jury versus capital sentencing.
I know of more than one politician and bureaucrat has been qoted as saying "I accept full responsibility"
and only got an ass-chewing from their boss or the media. It's a noise made with the mouth and a sad face
pulled for the camera, and back to business as usual.
The theories of insincerity and immunity appear to be in good working order. Not bellyaching, just saying.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Wed Jan 15 2003 - 17:58:36 MST