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Non-Technical Managers in a Technical Company?

Posted by Cliff on from the oil-and-water? dept.

Futurepower(R) asks: "Before he was hired, Steve Jobs of Apple told John Sculley he was a sugar-water salesman, and perhaps should have listened to his own words. Under Chairman and CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr, IBM did well, but was that only because the world needs a global computer service company? Was IBM technically advanced during his tenure? In your experience, can managers with little technical knowledge successfully run a technically-oriented company?" What qualities would such a manager need to keep a tech company healthy?

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  1. And let's not forget.... by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Darryl McBride, who with his 19 years of executive management and leadership experience, singlehandedly led the formerly faltering SCO to develop a state of the art product like Linux.

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    An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
  2. Best quality in a manager? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Best quality these days?

    Ability to speak Hindi or Mandarin.

  3. Re:It depends on the salesman. by PhilipMatarese · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your slashdot ID is "Willie", your email is "Fred Garvin", and you signed the post "Todd".

    Who are you? Really?