Can't you have two types of "good" IT managers? I know both types of great IT managers. If you forced me to choose from the two camps, I'd rather pick a manage

Can't you have two types of "good" IT managers? I know both types of great IT managers. If you forced me to choose from the two camps, I'd rather pick a manager with the better people, communication and organizational skills and lack of technical knowledge. Somebody with the technical skills and a deficiency of people, communication and organizational skills will do more damage to the group than a manager with the inverse skill set. Great managers from camp (1) are probably more effective, but seem to be harder to come by because they need to possess two sets of skills, rather than one.