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...

Image Source: Wikipedia Steve Ballmer is stepping down as the CEO of Microsoft. You can read Wired article titled: Balmer's Department From Microsoft 10 years Too Late , in order to understand that the last 10 years were not a great success for Microsoft. It is a good opportunity to go back to posts I wrote many years ago, when many people viewed Microsoft as non-vulnerable company. For example, a post I wrote in 2008 was titled: Vendors Survival: Will Microsoft Survive until 2018? .  The post included Reality Check of my 1995 presentation titled: Will Microsoft Survive until 2005?, as well as analyzing new Risk factors.  Read other related posts appearing in the following list: Will Microsoft Survive until 2021? Will Microsoft Survive until 2021? - Revisited Microsoft's Skype acquisition: Warning Signs ahead Read also a less related post titled: Bug 2000 (Y2K) is back in Microsoft's Azure The next step is deciding for yourself: Will Microsoft S...