At one time, I worked in a company where my manager had no direct industry experience, but that did not prevent him from being a great manager who did great things. Why is there a prevailing opinion that a manager must/should have industry experience?
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The folks with experience know how what needs to be done, and therefore make better management professionals. The management looking at charts and graphs is not what makes a RR run. You can't teach industry experience by sitting in a classroom. Also I haven't yet seen ANY railroader consulting a textbook before doing their work.
The folks with experience know how what needs to be done, and therefore make better management professionals. The management looking at charts and graphs is not what makes a RR run. You can't teach industry experience by sitting in a classroom. Also I haven't yet seen ANY railroader consulting a textbook before doing their work.
Based on the results of the current upper management team and board of directors for the past 12-15 years , we see what non rr experienced leaders are doing wrong to the UP employees and customers. A person cannot be a good leader and manager by sitting at a desk doing things on the computer and conference calls all the time.
Manager with field experience doesnt need the time to be explained how the job is going. He or she will know. Alot of time is lost explaining the task given. Its all about production and keep rail cars moving right ?? Cant stand around and try to teach a manager about railroad.
It makes it difficult to take orders from a manger that clearly doesn't know what is going on. I've had no clue managers and had managers that came from the field. I'll take the one coming from the field ANY day over some fresh EA person!
Evidence of good performance is better than no evidence.