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by jzb 5244 days ago
Actually, I used the terminology that Hoffman and Cantrill used. The point is not that the behaviors are unreasonable "in a given circumstance" but when applied continually.
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Then you have to define "continually." It's probably better to say it's unreasonable when it eventually fails, but you can only make that determination after the fact. The truth is that any managerial behavior, when applied continually, will become an anti-pattern. So choosing particular behaviors, organizing and labeling them is just an autistic exercise.