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From: jtaylor@axion.bt.co.uk (Julie Taylor)
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Subject: Re: more on estimation
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Date: 23 Jul 90 15:46:06 GMT
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From article <31989@cup.portal.com>, by cliffhanger@cup.portal.com (Cliff C Heyer):
> so that the MBA managers can't push you around. What can they ...

Surprising to find MBA managers being thought the least competent managers;
one would expect those individuals who had realised that managers
need to develop their skills, not just rely on what they were born with,
to operate more effectively than non-MBA managers.
An MBA program would include Management Theory, 
introducing the idea that productivity improves if the `workers' are 
involved in defining objectives, plans, etc. and treated as people
not simply resources.
I would hope that software engineers would aspire to be `professional'
managers also, if their career path so dictates.