Lazy Management Tactics
Gosh forbid that a manager should look into something useful, like, say - are people in my group getting their jobs done. No, far simpler to use fear and intimidation - like this proud comment about the installation of monitoring software:
"Once you talk to five people in the organization, it's like a virus," he said. "People learn that 'These guys are serious, they really do look at what is going on.'"
