Edu-ma-cational system analysis
From page 187 of "How to Manage the R&D Staff: A Looking-Glass World", by James E. Tingstad.
"Power over and responsibility for other adults is a new, euphoric, and intimidating experience for most people. Since many new supervisors are thrust into their positions with little or no management training and very little advance notice, their initial tendency is to rely on parental behavior. But subordinates are not children, and treating them as such will meet with resistance, thus creating confusion and frustration."
Compare this to the attitudes of so many in Government, as well as Administration, Faculty, and Staff at tertiary educational institutions where an explicit cultural attitude is: "in loco parentis".
"Power over and responsibility for other adults is a new, euphoric, and intimidating experience for most people. Since many new supervisors are thrust into their positions with little or no management training and very little advance notice, their initial tendency is to rely on parental behavior. But subordinates are not children, and treating them as such will meet with resistance, thus creating confusion and frustration."
Compare this to the attitudes of so many in Government, as well as Administration, Faculty, and Staff at tertiary educational institutions where an explicit cultural attitude is: "in loco parentis".