In the past 25 years, there has been a general move in North America and among most developed nations toward making organizations less autocratic. Managers in these organizations are being asked to behave more democratically. They’re told that to a greater extent on group input into the decision process. Such moves toward democracy, however, are not necessarily embraced by all individual managers.
Many managers sought their positions in order to have legitimate power so as to be able to make unilateral decisions. They fought hard and often paid high personal costs to achieve their influential positions.
Sharing their power with others runs directly against their desires. The result is that managers, especially those who began their careers in the 1950s and 1960s, may use the required committees, conferences, and group meeting in a superficial way, as arenas for maneuvering and manipulating