Title: Hey, hive mind! Could you point me in a direction where I could research more about how to handle disagreement&#x2F;discord within management of a company? I am a software engineer who has been growing through the ranks until I reached level of management structure in our company. The company is rather young (&lt;10 years), rather small (&lt;500 employees), but not tiny any more. Currently the company follows approach that feels a bit insincere or on times even totalitarian to me - managers cannot disagree with each other in front of other employees, a manager cannot criticize management actions&#x2F;decisions. Of course, I could be completely wrong about this and it could be the best policy. Yet I&#x27;d like to learn more about this topic and adhere to it because I agree with it, not because I was once told to follow it.
My discontent stems from several ideas - everybody can make mistakes, a lot of decisions are really compromises with up and down sides and not silver bullets. This, together with &quot;obligation to dissent&quot; approach that I personally like, makes me believe that it&#x27;s better to be able to voice concerns and disagreements instead of hiding it. So I would prefer to have a system where management actions are seen more like a social contract that we all subscribe to (I&#x27;ve joined this company because I think it is doing a mostly good job), not a god-sent infallible order, which cannot ever be criticized.
Now it feels like I am just trying to sum up &quot;obligation to dissent&quot; in other words :) Are there any other resources&#x2F;research&#x2F;etc to compare totalitarian style vs more open?<p>Some disclaimers:
- I have tried searching for this topic, but didn&#x27;t find too much related stuff
- I&#x27;m not sure how to submit to &quot;Ask HN&quot; directly, I only see the general &quot;submit&quot; button, so here we go. Sorry if this post ends up in a wrong place
- account name is pretty much random, so that it doesn&#x27;t remind anyone of me
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