Thursday, June 24, 2004
You Choose, I Decide
Consider this situation. A project manager and his client were having a meeting.
Project Manager: “Tell me where I should put up the project sign board for this project.”
Client: “ Any where you think fit”
Project: “ No. Mr. you are the client, I would like to your input and your decision.”
Client: “OK. Let put it here” (Client draw a cross on the plan in front of him.)
Project Manager: “ Oh No. I don’t think this is a good location. It is better to be here” (Project Manager draw a cross at another location on the Plan)
Client; “ If my choice is not good, why did you asked me to decide in the first place.”
Project manager: “ Eh Eh Eh, Ya, we need to consider all situation. Eh Eh Eh....”
How often do we pretend to seek advice from others while we already make up my mind on what to do? We try to appear as democratic but we are actually autocratic. In doing so, we are no more than a bunch of hypocrites.
Project Manager: “Tell me where I should put up the project sign board for this project.”
Client: “ Any where you think fit”
Project: “ No. Mr. you are the client, I would like to your input and your decision.”
Client: “OK. Let put it here” (Client draw a cross on the plan in front of him.)
Project Manager: “ Oh No. I don’t think this is a good location. It is better to be here” (Project Manager draw a cross at another location on the Plan)
Client; “ If my choice is not good, why did you asked me to decide in the first place.”
Project manager: “ Eh Eh Eh, Ya, we need to consider all situation. Eh Eh Eh....”
How often do we pretend to seek advice from others while we already make up my mind on what to do? We try to appear as democratic but we are actually autocratic. In doing so, we are no more than a bunch of hypocrites.
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The project manager asked a question to show off only.
One should know how to ask for the purpose. The project manager could have advised first as his obligation and seeked his client's feedback. So if one works sincerely there is no pretence!
One should know how to ask for the purpose. The project manager could have advised first as his obligation and seeked his client's feedback. So if one works sincerely there is no pretence!
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: 11:08 AM
: 11:08 AM
Anonymous, you are right, one should work sincerely and should not pretend. Nevertheless, the above situation mentioned in my post was real incident. I was present in that meeting too!
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