Managerial Blight

It's cry often heard.

"It needs to be managed."

I remember that when I raised the Blacka Moor problem with a councillor years ago I got the instant response "It's got to be managed". She had clearly never thought there could be any alternative. But Sheffield councillors are not noted for their deep thinking.

A senior BBC broadcaster told another BBC broadcaster referring to the present trials at the BBC that its management culture was to blame: When a crisis occurs they just send in another manager.

Not much use when too much management is the problem. 32 managers attended a Sheffield Moors Partnership event, referred to in this post. One of them was unwise enough to suggest a bit less management. He was probably taken outside and duffed up by the others.

Stumbling and Mumbling is a thoughtful blog and consistently bemoans the curse of managerialism. A quote from a recent post.

We now take managerialism so much for granted that we assume that the only people who can possibly be responsible for improving an organization must be managers.

Except I would go further. Try this. A couple of pictures chosen 'selectively' I admit which illustrate the effect on Blacka Moor of a) more management and b) less management.

a) more

b) less

No contest?