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Subject:Non-TW supervisor From:arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 09 May 2006 10:41:42 -0400
Fellow Whirlers,
As an informal poll, I'm curious how many employees (as opposed to
contractors and self-employed) have/had supervisors with no tech comm
background? How do you feel about this? What advantages and
disadvantages does this have? How do you inform and 'train' supervisors
without confusing or overwhelming them? What if that supervisor also
lacks a management background?
Thanks for participating! Feel free to reply off-list.
Arroxane, coping with life's ironies
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