[sandworm101]

>> Your manager's job is to look out for what's best for the team, not to answer to a chain of command. This isn't the military.

Aside from the naïve understanding of military culture, an organization full of managers looking only to promote and protect their teams is equally unhealthy. Dilbert spoke of "battling business units" whereby each team fought against one another to promote themselves. Not good. A manager must represent their team upwards to the higher chain, but must also represents the higher chain downwards. It is always two-way conversation.