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h=from:subject; bh=JpJLVvbE54zIuPG5rJ7JHRgT8c9MDiQk9/7EuJ3uJ7U=; b=owGbwMvMwCX2bWenZ2ig32LG02pJDBlr/v9rL7iU6FUZcfs3b7LjUfvHP7ftaJ17K7Nm+tapl /2e9t5u6yhlYRDjYpAVU2SZlMjXdHqXkciF9rWOMHNYmUCGMHBxCsBEms4z/PeNuRF+j9W8zlst drP9Ur0bdo+LM900Sve7/jyU8q9er5ThfwDXAf13R666K690CVC9JcfRsXjfpH7PjskF6r6l7ZX nOAA= X-Developer-Key: i=bagasdotme@gmail.com; a=openpgp; fpr=701B806FDCA5D3A58FFB8F7D7C276C64A5E44A1D Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Management style docs writes on people under a manager, where they know the details better than the manager himself, in past perfect tense. Yet, "know" is in infinitive form instead. Correct the verb form. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya --- Documentation/process/management-style.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/management-style.rst b/Documentation/process/management-style.rst index dfbc69bf49d435..1381b253b19ef4 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/management-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/management-style.rst @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ actually true. The name of the game is to **avoid** having to make a decision. In particular, if somebody tells you "choose (a) or (b), we really need you to decide on this", you're in trouble as a manager. The people you -manage had better know the details better than you, so if they come to +manage had better known the details than you, so if they come to you for a technical decision, you're screwed. You're clearly not competent to make that decision for them. @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ sure as hell shouldn't encourage them by promising them that what they work on will be included. Make them at least think twice before they embark on a big endeavor. -Remember: they'd better know more about the details than you do, and +Remember: they'd better known more about the details than you do, and they usually already think they have the answer to everything. The best thing you can do as a manager is not to instill confidence, but rather a healthy dose of critical thinking on what they do. base-commit: ee9a6691935490dc39605882b41b9452844d5e4e -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara