What makes a good manager?

[Darlene159]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu


His point is that you assumed his meaning was something other than what he conveyed. In fact, you did more than this. You assumed a meaning contrary to what he conveyed.

I took his post to mean that if a person didn't have experiance in all fields, they did not deserve to be a manager, period
For example, the only job titles I have had is a LAT on up to LAT Chief before I became a Manager....I have never been an ET, GAT, NAT, FAQ, GP, and so on....I could easily do a GP's work, or a FAQ's work, but not a NAT, or GAT....now, if I read his post correctly, because I have no experiance in those 2 areas, I dont deserve to be a Manager? I would be a bad Manager because of this? No
It would be true to say that it is much harder for a Manager who does not have knowledge in those areas to get things done in those areas.
Now, I do however have "basic" knowledge in those areas. I have been able to fix problems in very basic scripts (most of the time by searching through help files), and, like I said before, I can look at a graphic and tell if it is good, and will work online, even though I have no experiance in those areas, I have learned basic things over time being a Manager.

If I misunderstood the post, I apologize...but I took it to mean that if a person hasn't actually worked in those positions (thus, gaining experiance), they dont deserve to be a manager