Comments on: Management by numbers http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2004/08/25/management-by-numbers/ Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:24:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Self promotion || September || 2004 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2004/08/25/management-by-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-304671 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Self promotion || September || 2004 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:07:59 +0000 /?p=148#comment-304671 [...] can’t just assume that people will take the time to figure out what I’m doing, even if I’d like them to. I have to make sure that my accomplishments fit into their worldview, fit their frame. Or accept [...] [...] can’t just assume that people will take the time to figure out what I’m doing, even if I’d like them to. I have to make sure that my accomplishments fit into their worldview, fit their frame. Or accept [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Launch chicken || January || 2005 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2004/08/25/management-by-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-257741 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Launch chicken || January || 2005 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:27:16 +0000 /?p=148#comment-257741 [...] suspect that good leaders are able to detect soft spots in people’s presentations, where the numbers don’t reflect reality, and go check out the raw data to find out what’s “really” going on. By doing so, [...] [...] suspect that good leaders are able to detect soft spots in people’s presentations, where the numbers don’t reflect reality, and go check out the raw data to find out what’s “really” going on. By doing so, [...]

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Managers Not MBAs, by Henry Mintzberg || January || 2005 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2004/08/25/management-by-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-155578 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Managers Not MBAs, by Henry Mintzberg || January || 2005 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:21:45 +0000 /?p=148#comment-155578 [...] typical technologists’ disdain for MBAs and their lack of domain knowledge and emphasis on numbers that are probably meaningless. I was looking forward to reading this book to gain more armament in my arguments against such a [...] [...] typical technologists’ disdain for MBAs and their lack of domain knowledge and emphasis on numbers that are probably meaningless. I was looking forward to reading this book to gain more armament in my arguments against such a [...]

]]> By: Brandon Ferris http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2004/08/25/management-by-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-67702 Brandon Ferris Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:51:11 +0000 /?p=148#comment-67702 Stick with Infinite Jest - you will find that things get tied together. It is well worth it. The Eschaton section is absolutely one of the funniest things I have ever read. As a tennis player myself, his likening the flight of a topspin lob to the trajectory of an ICBM almost caused me to pee myself. Read everything by DFW. He's the greatest writer of our time. Short fiction (some of the essays in Oblivion are simply haunting), long fiction, and short nonfiction - all of it. Stick with Infinite Jest – you will find that things get tied together. It is well worth it.

The Eschaton section is absolutely one of the funniest things I have ever read. As a tennis player myself, his likening the flight of a topspin lob to the trajectory of an ICBM almost caused me to pee myself.

Read everything by DFW. He’s the greatest writer of our time. Short fiction (some of the essays in Oblivion are simply haunting), long fiction, and short nonfiction – all of it.

]]> By: Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations, by Robert D. Austin || July || 2007 http://www.nehrlich.com/blog/2004/08/25/management-by-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-64605 Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations, by Robert D. Austin || July || 2007 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:26:13 +0000 /?p=148#comment-64605 [...] methodology, I agree with Austin’s recommendations for management. I hate being measured, as my rant about timesheets illustrated. Don’t revert to Taylorist management methods that treat the employee as an [...] [...] methodology, I agree with Austin’s recommendations for management. I hate being measured, as my rant about timesheets illustrated. Don’t revert to Taylorist management methods that treat the employee as an [...]

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