The Bad Boss

January 1, 2016 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on The Bad Boss

It is not uncommon to hear folks describe their supervisors as dysfunctional, but that is somewhat vague for describing behavior. Are they manic? Do they expect too much? Do they take credit for your work? The Washington Post brought these interesting considerations to our attention in their article, “How dysfunctional is your boss?”

Researchers at the University of Louisville published a paper in which they addressed that question by creating a “taxonomy” of bad leadership. I use the term taxonomy loosely, but the classification is very interesting. The result was a four-square chart that plots where your boss’s behavior actually lies on a scale from annoying to traumatic, and low to high dysfunction. The takeaway is helping employees form a response or action based on the behaviors that a manager exhibits.

True taxonomies can help manage big data by providing a solid standards-based taxonomy to index against. The results are comprehensive and consistent search results. Access Innovations is one of a very small number of companies able to help its clients generate ANSI/ISO/W3C-compliant taxonomies because of consistency.

Melody K. Smith

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.