Financial Management Specialist | US Peace CorpsYaounde, Centre, Cameroon
“If you want results, appoint a manager. If you don’t want results, appoint a committee.”
This corporate proverb was penned down by Luis Branco in a recent blog.
It's thought provoking! What do you think about this corporate proverb? Saving Changes...
This aligns well with rule 40 from the one hundred rules for NASA project managers:
“A working meeting has about six people attending. Meetings larger than this are for information transfer (management science has shown that, in a group greater than twelve, some are wasting their time).”
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear @Kwiyuh Michael Wepngong. Thanks for sharing. I'm curious to know what your opinion is on the topic By the way. This article I shared was inspired by some ideas that are being propagated around diminishing the role and responsibilities of the Project Manager
I'd say that there are cases when you need both. If you are trying to produce a deliverable - a tangible product or service, a manager/project manager is often more successful at driving successful delivery. Even if you have a committee, you still need one voice making decisions to avoid chaos.
If your company has multiple portfolios of projects, you will likely have a committee involved with overall portfolio management, but you still need one committed person driving it for it to be lasting and effective. Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Kwiyuh, it depends, for example, on culture.
In Japan, consensus is required for decisions, and democratic voting is often used in the Nordic countries. Saving Changes...
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