How to find out what a manager really does? Part 1

I’m going to give you a simple idea on how to find out what a manager really does. The idea is so simple that you will find it unbelievable that no one has done it before. But if it’s so simple, why can’t you buy yourself a Steve Jobs? Let’s take a fairly simple example of a profession that has long been automated: the barista. This is a person who professionally selects, brews and serves coffee. Everyone knows that today

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What is the world of an artificial manager made of? Part 5 – Events as processes

In the previous post I described what events in the world of the artificial manager are. You could call them events in the imagination, they were somewhat abstract and theoretical. Now let’s consider what these events are realistically in the world of an organization, a company, a project. I will describe here what these events can be and why we say they are processes. This will be another piece of the puzzle for you to understand how the manager’s sense

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What is the world of an artificial manager made of? Part 3 – Things as resources

In the previous post, I discussed very briefly the philosophical basis of the ontology of organizational reality I created, i.e. the elements of the world that an artificial manager must “see and understand”. You can find more on this subject in my book “Organizational Sizing System”. Now I’m going to show how things that are considered by philosophers are turned into resources, known to management specialists. And the robot manager must know them too. From the definitions of things and

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In what company is the president already an artificial manager?

You come to work like every day, and there is a big commotion in your company. Chairs, desks and books are being carried out of the boss’s office. What is going on here? Doesn’t the director need it anymore? In fact, now his room may be completely empty, except perhaps for one chair, on which your new director will already sit…. Is this just a vision from a science-fiction movie? If you are employed by NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited, then

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Would you trust a manager who was a robot? Part 1

Imagine you walk into your boss’s room, and there behind the table sits a human-like robot. However, at first glance you can see that it is not a human, but a machine. Not only is it more powerful than you in terms of physical strength – after all, you won’t be arm-wrestling – but it has learned the project management ways of all the managers in the corporation where you work. You have to ask him to resolve a conflict

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