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By: Kirsten Minshall

Kirsten Minshall — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:19:17 +0000

Invalid premise: Groups make better decisions than individuals

By: Do we actually want efficiency administration? | Posts

Do we actually want efficiency administration? | Posts — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 05:16:58 +0000

[…] that managing particular person efficiency is ineffective. To reference Bob once more, he wrote a great list of invalid premises that companies would do nicely to jettison, one in every of which is that a person’s […]

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:09:01 +0000

invalid premise: Software development is “engineering”, so it’s not knowledge work is based on the invalid premise ‘engineering is not knowledge work’

By: Do we really need performance management? « quantum shifting

Do we really need performance management? « quantum shifting — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:26:47 +0000

[…] to suggest that managing individual performance is useless. To reference Bob again, he wrote a great list of invalid premises that businesses would do well to jettison, one of which is that an individual’s productivity […]

By: Justin Redd

Justin Redd — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:58:15 +0000

Invalid premise: It is someone else’s job to understand you
Invalid premise: A knowledge worker may not improve process without explicit permission from management
Invalid premise: Management must choose between getting results and treating people with kindess and respect
Invalid premise: Managers see the whole picture
Invalid premise: Those “higher” in the org chart are superior to those “lower” in the org chart

By: David Högberg

David Högberg — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:13:08 +0000

– It is not necessary to take an interest in and care about the people you work with.

By: John Wenger

John Wenger — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:29:07 +0000

-humans are resources
-managers know best
-people are not to be trusted

By: Machiel

Machiel — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:44:48 +0000

Experience is more valuable than intelligence and discovery
Stamina and courage distinguish losers from winners
Strict division of responsibility keeps people productive and avoids unnecessary noise
People can work without a plan or vision as long as they get clear tasks
Managers are more creativity than the employees

You can rephrase/change/add if you want

By: Maz Iqbal

Maz Iqbal — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:19:14 +0000

Hello Bob

– people at the coalface are too stupid to make smart decisions and take the right actions.
– people at the top of the organisation know better than the people who actually do the work.
– there are parts distinct from the whole
– you can say one thing and do something completely different and it makes no difference
– you can get cooperation and collaboration to show up in a competitive context
– the content is more critical than the context
– human minds are distinct from human bodies and what the human body needs can be ignored
– reality can be cheated and long range effects will not catch up with us
– answer is more important than the question
– theory takes priority over what is so in the world
– learning can occur in the classroom devoid of context and engagement in the real world
– new is always better than the old
– there are no side effects

Better stop now.

All the best
maz

By: flowchainsensei

flowchainsensei — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:13:46 +0000

In reply to benlinders.Thanks. Added. :)

By: benlinders

benlinders — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:10:35 +0000

One addition I can think of:

“You first have to think about every thing, and make a complete plan, before you start doing things”.