Managing people

And again for some Joel Spolsky. This time he examines some management approaches.

If you want to lead a team, a company, an army, or a country, the primary problem you face is getting everyone moving in the same direction, which is really just a polite way of saying “getting people to do what you want.”

In particular, he talks about:

• The Command and Control Method
• The Econ 101 Method
• The Identity Method

Mmm… business concepts in the engineer-friendly language – yummy!