I guess it has to do with who the manager is and what their experience level is. I have had a manager (of the three that worked over me at that time) that could litterally only sell furniture. They were a pain in the rear end most of the time. The other two were great to have around and bounce ideas off of.
My boss now has a medium* level of knowledge and also has experience in micro and macro management. She has the professionalism as well to pull herself out of a project and let the person/people with the project do it on their own, and she has what some managers don't... she isn't afraid to let the team fail at a project. So, like I said before, I guess it just depends on the people in charge and what they will do with the knowledge they have.
*Medium is a relative term in relation to me. I realize this will most likely mean jack squat to everyone else due to this fact.
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I say yes, its a pretty good thing.
I guess it has to do with who the manager is and what their experience level is. I have had a manager (of the three that worked over me at that time) that could litterally only sell furniture. They were a pain in the rear end most of the time. The other two were great to have around and bounce ideas off of.
My boss now has a medium* level of knowledge and also has experience in micro and macro management. She has the professionalism as well to pull herself out of a project and let the person/people with the project do it on their own, and she has what some managers don't... she isn't afraid to let the team fail at a project. So, like I said before, I guess it just depends on the people in charge and what they will do with the knowledge they have.
*Medium is a relative term in relation to me. I realize this will most likely mean jack squat to everyone else due to this fact.