Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrws1!rhill
From: rhill@ncrws1.Peachtree.NCR.COM (Dick Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Me, a manager??
Keywords: no no no no no no
Message-ID: <808@ncrws1.Peachtree.NCR.COM>
Date: 6 Jun 90 12:18:41 GMT
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Reply-To: rhill@ncrws1.Peachtree.NCR.COM (Dick Hill)
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In article <802@sagpd1.UUCP> jharkins@sagpd1.UUCP (Jim Harkins) writes:
>
Several years ago I too was "promoted" into this non-dead-end position. Luckily
I had been placed in charge of my own kind. The only reason I was chosen was
I was dumb enough to do it, and my brain was becoming cluttered and unusable. SoI had to make the best of a situation and educate myself in creative whip 
wielding.


>Anyway, how did those of you out there who have done this do it?  Can anyone 
>give me some advice, tips, whips, er, uh, wrong century.  Any good books I
>can buy?  As you can probably tell I have a lot of misgivings about this, but
>I don't see how I can get out of it.  If I blow it for me thats one thing, but
>I really don't want to screw up 2 people just getting started in the field.
>
Something important to me was not desturbing the flow of ideas and infringing
on the creativeness of my group. I had to manage without managing. Some good
books are: The One Minute Manager, there is also a film on the book that is
very good; How to Win Frends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, old but
impressive.


>And re-reading this I feel I could give some people the wrong impression.
>I'm not against managing 2 people, I'm just nervous as hell and don't want
>to screw up too badly.
>
Get into some management classes at you corner college. With the legal 
hassles that a manager can get into these should contain some simple law 
courses. This primarily will deal with descrimination problems, promotions
demotions and actions that can be taken with employees so you and your company
don't put yourself in a legally vulnerable situation.


        The best of luck to you...
>
>-- 
>jim		jharkins@sagpd1
>
>I hate to see you go, but I love to see you walk away.


R.Hill@peachtree.ncr.com