subordinates

But on top of all this, Brown was a bully to his subordinates as well.

Since the nature of hierarchy is for subordinates to hide unpleasant truths from superiors, they should have been actively asking about the hazards.

So, while balky subordinates like Sickles are not uncommon in real life, how do you model that in a way that doesn't make the player feel that the game is essentially playing itself?

First--and this is by far the most important thing--she should make sure her subordinates have the best possible environment to do their jobs.

A good one acts as a firewall between their boss and their subordinates.

Basically, this is not a problem if the people higher up in the food chain would start treating their subordinates as human beings.

If that includes subordinates' email inboxes and home directories, so be it.

The lack of respect for your peers and subordinates is one.

It's all about negative reinforcement, and keeping your subordinates at arms length, so you can easily replace the ones that burn out, once they've proven useless.

At my current job, a late stage startup, I see directors blame other teams, blame subordinates, blame everyone but themselves.

I think these conflicts can be avoided, but to do so requires coming to grips with the reality of social relations and letting ideas be our subordinates instead of our masters.

Tim's article doesn't deal with the way he treats subordinates or his other character flaws, although I'm not sure whether the article would have been the right place for this criticism.

This post by him seems to be just another version of Theory X & Theory Y (mis)management, with a twist of "child psychology" to fool the subordinates with motivational stuffs.

He addresses this point: But apparently, many managers create havoc by discouraging thinking and urging their subordinates to "produce" code.

The problem is that a manager who's permissive and nurturing will be regarded well by his subordinates, and held in good regard during good times, but if something happens outside of his control, he's likely to take blame from above for having been "too soft".