Seagull management is a management style wherein a manager only interacts with employees when suspecting that a problem has arisen. The perception is that such a management style involves hasty decisions about things of which the manager has little understanding, leading to disruption and the disorientation of resources.
The phrase is a figure of speech comparing such a manager to a typical squawking and messy seagull, with one employee characterising seagull managers as those who "flew in, made a lot of noise, dumped on everyone from a great height, then flew out again, leaving others to deal with the consequences".
See also
- Mushroom management – Company with dysfunctional communication between managers and employees
- Dunning–Kruger effect – Cognitive bias about one's own skill
- Peter Principle – Management concept by Laurence J. PeterPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
- Competence (human resources) – Ability of a person to do a job properly
- Micromanagement – Excessive attention or control by a manager
- Carrot and stick – Metaphor for the use of punishment and reward
- Kiss up kick down – Form of social malfunction
References
Theuerkorn, Fenix (June 25, 2004). Lightweight Enterprise Architectures. CRC Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-203-50531-1. 978-0-203-50531-1 ↩
Bradberry, Travis (2009). "The cost of seagull management". Industrial and Commercial Training. 41 (3): 139–141. doi:10.1108/00197850910950925. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩
Andreou, Alex (July 25, 2012). "Why David Cameron is the ultimate 'seagull' manager". New Statesman. Retrieved June 17, 2013. http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/why-david-cameron-ultimate-seagull-manager ↩