> product managers need to influence others without authority.
This is BS! If manager has no authority, he does not matter! It is probably just some BS role to tick the checkbox!
Manager handles resource allocation. It protects its workers from being allocated away by other managers and departments. It also needs to make sure they are actually working on stuff that is needed!
This "trust" argument just offloads responsibility from management to low level workers.
And yet, software product managers mostly do not have managerial authority.
They manage the product, not the people. But they need to influence the people anyway.
This is BS! If manager has no authority, he does not matter! It is probably just some BS role to tick the checkbox!
Manager handles resource allocation. It protects its workers from being allocated away by other managers and departments. It also needs to make sure they are actually working on stuff that is needed!
This "trust" argument just offloads responsibility from management to low level workers.