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>There is another good reason why a manager can not manage offsite.
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>A managers job is to "hold" the department together, in one way or another.
>Some managers are management-X, some Y, some laissez-faire; but they manage.
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>If the manager was off site for more than one day a week, it would be too
>easy for disgruntled employees to sabotage the managers career.
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>Every time even the most pick-snickly thing came up, there would be someone
>bemoaning the fact that the manager "was never around".
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>You could here the employee whine: "Ms Pointy Hair Boss never comes to work
>anymore!"
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>This form of employee whining is like the squeaky wheel: management would be
>in a dither within days.
Of course none of the above applies in a 100% virtual company. I've had
dealings with several of these in the past and I am currently working for
one that's been very sucessful for the 12 years it's been in business.
Managers in these companies are not only offsite but the employees they
manage are also offsite (and often scattered around the country).
Successful managing offsite can be done and is being done--at least in
these circumstances.
Regards,
Nina P.
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Nina Panzica
Masterpiece Media, Inc.
(404) 237-7889
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