Interesting Article on Managers

[norbert]

http://nhsmanagerwatch.blogspot.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; OK , it's on the NHS but you still get different types of managers as defined here

" Different Types of NHS Manager
A great article from the Ferret Fancier. It neatly gives you a guide to the type of managers that you may or may not see:

THE COMMON MALINGERERS

The 'NHS University manager'- this is the born and bred NHS manager, trained in pure management with no knowledge of anything other than pure meaningless waffle; this results in a complete inability to understand what goes on in the real world, meaning that any attempts they make to affect change will be based on groundless management banter and will therefore only result in stifling the attempts of people who do the practical work on the NHS shop floor. They are named after the NHS University as this fine educational institution was an example of millions of pounds spent with precisely nothing to show for it.

The 'Impinging Nurse manager'- this is the extremely common sub type that plays a rather prominent role in stifling any possible progress that clinicians try to make on the ground. Invariably the weight of several packets of chips on their shoulders results in a complete inability to engage with anyone other than their fellow impingers, with whom they spend many hours snacking on lardy treats in expansive committee rooms that are only just large enough to permit the wobbling of their highly obstructive derrieres. Typically this nursing breed comes from a background of being rather useless at the real job of nursing, and from a enjoyment of bullying ones fellow employees; this lack of ability combined with a nasty vindictive streak results in a uniquely regressive style of management that many of us have the misfortune of experiencing first hand on many occasions. In their eyes the protocol can do no wrong, even when written in pigs faeces by a dyslexic crack-fuelled monkey.

The 'Donaldson'- this type of malodorous turncoat manager is named after our beloved CMO, Liam Donaldson. This type is medically trained but is very happy to sell out their own profession absolutely for the guarantee of honours, a nice office with a padded leather chair and a very occasional embarrassing appearance in public when the sh*t has really hit the fan thanks to some rather pitiful policy making. Personally I find this type to be particularly unpleasant, not only on the eye but also from an ethical viewpoint, as frankly this lot should know better. Unfortunately they are greedy egotists who have no care for anyone other than themselves, and this means that their management style always results in them enforcing the will of their master, the government. They care not for patients, the service or the staff on the ground; they are looking out for number one.

The 'Management Consultant'- this lot of smooth talking city slickers are particularly adept at being paid a small fortune for doing very little indeed, a quite remarkable talent. Despite invariably having no knowledge of medicine, healthcare and the NHS; the government seems to be rather fond of consulting these chaps using large wads of tax payer's cash. Despite the fact that many clinicians on the ground have been suggesting practical solutions to problems for years while going blue in the face, the government ignores this highly talented wealth of specialised knowledge and chooses to consult an overpriced source that doesn't really know that much about anything if we're honest. It's amazing how business seems to go ones way when one happens to donate a few pence to the political party in charge.

The 'Total Numpty'- this sub type of manager is the completely untrained breed of manager that can be found with remarkable ease in the NHS today. This type has very little knowledge of anything at all, they don't even have that precious managerial skill of being able to send you to sleep with a magic cloud of superwaffle. The NHS does have room for many types of incompetent who would not be able top find a job anywhere else, after all it is cheaper to pay them a low managerial wage than to fund their benefit claims. Strangely they do less damage than the more highly trained 'NHS university manager', as due to their complete ineffectiveness they can do no good, but also no harm.

RARER MANAGER TYPES

Good manager - this exceptionally rare breed is trained in management but actually engages with staff on the ground, listens to constructive criticism and is able to learn from mistakes. Unfortunately these managers are often sacked for refusing to go along with destructive orders from above, while some of them become corrupted into the 'NHS university manager' sub type.

Ex doctor or nurse manager with no chip on shoulder and good intentions - this type is spotted in the NHS only very occasionally, a bit like the lesser spotted welsh warbler; these managers actually have the vision and insight to be able to save the NHS. It is therefore very sad to say that they frequently spontaneously combust thanks to the sheer frustration despair of having to engage with the more common forms of NHS manager. These noble managers have also been subjected to vicious smearing campaigns with little basis, and some have also been removed from office for not doing as they were told.
Posted by Docy Darko at 20:00

[Dorset Plodder]

Interesting article Norbert. Seems we're not the only workforce that's been saddled with dickheads for managers!
Troubling thing is I'd always been led to believe that the 3 largest employers in the world were..No1 The Chinese Army....No2 The Indian Railways...and No3 The NHS! Seems like they got more than their quota of Dickheads!

[norbert]

I like all the concise definitions , the Impinging Nurse Manager who was the useless nurse isn't that different from the ex lazy postie , drunk postie , dumping postie , bent rep postie ? etc promoted up ?

I have spoken to NHS Staff and the big problem was " New Public Sector Management " , Thatcher went for it and then His Toniness used it for " reforms " . The idea is any concerns , valid criticisms ...whatever are discounted as the staff , union have vested interests ....hence the only we have the answers to RM's problems and we know best ....taken to unprecedented levels of stupidity .

" The difference between the two:
Managers administer; leaders innovate.
Managers ask how and when; leaders ask what and why.
Managers focus on systems; leaders focus on people.
Managers do things right; leaders do the right things.
Managers maintain; leaders develop.
Managers rely on control; leaders inspire trust.
Managers have short-term perspective; leaders have long-term perspective.
Managers accept the status-quo; leaders challenge the status-quo.
Managers have an eye on the bottom line; leaders have an eye on the horizon.
Managers imitate; leaders originate.
Managers emulate the classic good soldier; leaders are their own person.
Managers copy; leaders show originality. "

[Dorset Plodder]

Totally agree Norbert In a previous life I had the privilege of working for people who had burnt hands and broken bodies, caused by saving the lives of those they were responsible for! I have NO respect and feel no absolutely NO loyalty to these assholes they put in charge of us.

Talk about, "I counted them out..and I counted them back in again" these excuses for leaders wouldn't even be around to see if anyone had had an accident. They'd have already sneaked off home after everyone had left the office on Delivery!

I've given up hope that I might find someone worth any respect to work for again! Certainly not in Royal Fail!