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Probably has to do with Trust. Managers by definition exert some power in other people in a way that engineers do not, so they need to be trusted and build trus
by buboard 7y ago
Probably has to do with Trust. Managers by definition exert some power in other people in a way that engineers do not, so they need to be trusted and build trust within a hierarchy. That's a social function so they think it's best done face-to-face. I 'm pretty sure it can be replaced with an social network though, we know it can be done since it works for social networks in general.
- pdonis 7y ago> we know it can be done since it works for social networks in general I'm not sure we know that. We know that social networks enable people to communicate remotely, but I'm not sure we know that they actually help in building trust.
- buboard 7y agoi think it works in closed networks. not in the open net
- ilaksh 7y agoI would argue that power comes from fear and necessity rather than trust. In other words, people know their manager will fire them if they don't go along, so they don't resist them. Often they go along despite being convinced numerous times that they should not trust their manager.