SOA filling the Gaps

Steve Balmer. Picture source: Wikipedia The Professional manager and the Captive manager      were described in previous posts.  This post is dedicated to another manager type: The Conservative. Characteristics of The Conservative Manager The Conservative Manager's management style is described by his type: His goal is to preserve: The  Organization's Culture, The Business behaviour, The Business Lines, The Marketing Methods etc. Major Changes, Revolutions and Innovations are not expected.  Improved efficiency could be expected.  If the Conservative is a CEO or a company's President, then the whole company's patterns will be preserved. If he is a lower lever manager, then the patterns of the department or domain he is managing, will be preserved. Frequently, the Conservative Manager was a classic number 2 or number 3 in the hirarchy.  Classic in the above context is a long time employee who accumalated a lot of knowl...

Steve Jobs Source: Wikipedia In previous posts I classified Customers e.g Customers Typology: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Part 3: The Ugly  and Customers Typology: The Social . In other posts I classified Consultants e.g Consultants Typology: The Consultant who knows everything . The post   Mangers Typology: The Captive was the first post classifying Managers.  The Professional manager is an expert. His expertise, knowledge and understanding in the subject matter could be better than the knowledge and understanding of the employees he is managing.  They would ask for his professional opinion and guidance and will not disagree with his technical decisions. Is the Professional a good manager? There is no definitive answer to the question above. The answer depends upon the manager's skills and characteristics and the circumstances.  a personal example I was a successful manager in the first time I was promoted to a management position. ...

Picture Source: Wikipedia In previous posts I classified Customers, e.g.  Customers Typology: The Social .   In other posts I classified Consultants  e.g. Consultants Typology: The Consultant who Knows Everything . In this post series I will try to classify Managers. Why should I post about Captive Manager if I already wrote about   The Captive Customer  and about  The Captive Customer who Knows Everything ? There are similarities between a Captive Customer and a Captive Manager, but they are not identical.  The following real Case Study would clarify the differences.   Tale of two Managers Two Senior IT Managers were working for a large customer of mine. The first Manager was a Microsoft 's Captive Customer. Whenever he had to chose a Microsoft's  product vs. another vendor's product he automatically selected Microsoft's product.  If you read my post  The Captive Customer , you understand why this selection met...