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I just wonder if the reverse is true. That is if you are not capable of spotting extreme incompetence or institutional dysfunction, the only way to build up an
by kdeldycke 7y ago
I just wonder if the reverse is true. That is if you are not capable of spotting extreme incompetence or institutional dysfunction, the only way to build up an organization is to make it a dictatorship. Paranoia being the sole method of troubleshooting that new regime.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoMakes sense. If you feel you can't trust the people under you because you can't identify the problem people fast enough, then your best choice is to micromanage instead. "Feel" is the key word here; this line of thinking can be less about the reality, and more about manager's own insecurities. This makes paranoia an even more powerful force amplifier for sabotage. If a tiny act of sabotage makes managers paranoid enough that they resort to corporate dictatorship, the productivity will tank. Which will probably not help with lowering the paranoia. At extreme ends, I imagine paranoid people get routinely triggered by normal variance in systems they oversee, making the whole thing self-perpetuating.