Inattentive or laissez faire oversight, followed by sudden, harsh enforcement of rules, followed by inattentive or laissez faire oversight.
Sound familiar?
Is the drift and clobber style ever effective?
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I believe they tried a similar experiment on rats and it turned them psychotic.
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Usually it’s the sign of worse things to come. When the pendulum between laissez faire and harsh enforcement swings suddenly, it’s time to start looking for a new job.
I think this is called bi-polar disorder.
When I was in school, I took my parents dog into the dorm for finals week. I had a lot of work to do, and he was a noisy dog, so every time he would bark or growl, I would throw a shoe over my shoulder.
Took him back to my folks, and my mother was amused that now instead of barking, dog would duck and look upward.
Drift and Clobber – Making Managers More Efficient Since The Pyramids!