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Re: On Office Politics and Being the New Kid

Subject: Re: On Office Politics and Being the New Kid
From: Janice Gelb <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:19:11 +1100

Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
"Janice Gelb" <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com> wrote:


If your manager confirms that they are, you can tell the
person who has been maintaining the site that you have the
authority to ask for changes. In a nice way, of course :->>
>
I agree up to this point. If Lori's manager is on the ball,
> he/she will avoid the need for Lori to do this by:

a) If Lori's manager also manages the intranet site manager, announcing at the next staff meeting that he/she is taking advantage of Lori's document experience by assigning her to review the documents on the intranet site and revise them to make improvements, and instructing staff to direct any issues they have with the existing docs to Lori

b) If the intranet site manager works for a different
manager, advising that manager that the company
now has an individual on staff with real document
experience and securing that manager's agreement
to transfer responsibility for document revisions to
Lori (the other manager then makes the above
announcement)

c) If there is not sufficient support for Lori to take on
the documents, instructing Lori to submit her suggestions
to the intranet site manager and then move on to her
next project.


Hard to judge any of this without knowing more about
the environment, of course. In some environments and
with some people, this might be the best way. In
others, the site administrator might feel blindsided
by this approach.

>
Good managers do not dump responsibilities on subordinates
without plowing the field to clear a path for them to successfully
meet them.


I certainly agree with that!

-- Janice
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RE: On Office Politics and Being the New Kid: From: Ron Hearn
Re: On Office Politics and Being the New Kid: From: Janice Gelb
Re: On Office Politics and Being the New Kid: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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