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Can Management Be Outsourced?

7 points by ymanagers

by cpach

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by rawgabbit

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That is how a lot of US government contracts works. E.g., airports, prisons, even nuclear weapons maintenance.
https://cgfa.ilga.gov/Upload/2006Gov_Privatization_Rprt.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Nuclear_Security

by ferguess_k

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Isn't management always "outsourced" by hiring someone who might not even have the industrial experience? DEC hired someone from Pepsi I think. And I know many higher level managers are contractors in the companies I worked for.

by codingdave

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Management Consulting has been a thing for decades. so has more generic consulting. The whole current trend for "fractional" C-level roles is just a new marketing spin on the same old "consulting".
You always need a leader who sets the vision. Beyond that top-level board or exec, sure, you can outsource everything else. There are pros and cons to it. If I were you, I'd go research the history, successes, and failures of various consulting models before you try to start something new. Because it absolutely can work, but if you don't find the giant shoulders to stand on, you are ignoring decades of lessons learned and will sound like someone who doesn't know their own industry.

by kentich

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I don't think so. In my experience a position of a manager is more political one than the one requiring a skill.

by zug_zug

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My immediate manager for my US remote SRE team was based out of Poland. He was a good manager.

by ymanagers

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And regarding team management, do companies need to retain internal staff to oversee them? Could they dispose of internal team leads, product managers, etc?

by nrhrjrjrjtntbt

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