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by late2part 3484 days ago
Brooks covered this well in Mythical Man Month about the Surgeon, also detailed in [1].

It's nice to have a meritocracy, and when you can have a college of fair altruistic equals, it's great.

When you don't have that and need to get things done, get a dictator or a surgeon.

[1] http://wiki.c2.com/?SurgicalTeam