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From: "Andrew Plato" <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: April 07, 2003 01:06 AM
Subject: Re: About responsibility and fault
>
>
> "Bonnie Granat" wrote
>
> > I am not calling for hand-holding. I am calling for managers to *tell*
> > developers that they MUST give writers what the writers need. I am saying
> that
> > managers must ORDER developers to perform their jobs, which include the
> > imparting of information to writers, in a way that is satisfactory to
> > management.
>
> You don't manage professionals by ordering them around. Most professionals
> don't appreciate managers that meddle in their work and boss them around.
They
> definitely don't like being told to wet-nurse a technical writer who is
> unwilling/unable to get up to speed on a project.
>
Yes, it is quite true that professionals don't need to be ordered around.
They just need to be told what their jobs are. I used strong language in an
attempt to clarify my meaning to you, because it seemed to me that there was
some confusion in your mind about what I was actually saying.
It is part of the job for a developer to give information to writers.
One manages others by telling them what their jobs are and making sure they do
it. Excusing bad management is no solution.
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