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Apr 7, 2011



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Professional Management vs Specialists

Its been called the oldest question in management.  Who makes better managers: a professional manager or a person who is expert in their particular field?

For example, are auto engineers the best people to run car companies?  Are programmers the best people to run software companies?

Corp! Magazine recently published an article of mine addressing this question.  It pulls specific examples from GM, Ford and Apple.

My conclusion?  Its all about management for execution. However, you need to have vision, often product focused vision from a specialist, to know where to point the execution.

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