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TPS The manager must know the work, otherwise he can't manage. Doesn't sound like the case.
by sprafa 9y ago
TPS
The manager must know the work, otherwise he can't manage. Doesn't sound like the case.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoWhat does TPS stand for in this context?
- avg_dev 9y agoIt's a reference to the movie Office Space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy3rjQGc6lA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy3rjQGc6lA
- jdale27 9y agoActually I think it's a reference to one of the principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS): A leader must understand the daily work in great detail so that he or she can be a best teacher of your company's philosophy. -- https://missiontps.blogspot.com/p/14-principles.html https://missiontps.blogspot.com/p/14-principles.html That's different from the TPS reports of Office Space fame (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPS_report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPS_report).
- BeetleB 9y agoIn this case, the manager knew enough to know the person was spewing BS objections most of the time. He was actually an expert in the field and the discussions were often of a technical nature related to his expertise. Although yes, it was a separate problem that he didn't know plenty of the operational "small" details which caused him to always underestimate project timelines.