Refer's to Dilbert's boss, but also by association to all other mindbogglingly stupid bosses lacking foresight, technical knowledge, leadership skills, morality or tact.
Etymology: A character in Scott Adams' Dilbert comic strip
(n) a clueless boss, esp. one that has been over-promoted and uses a lot of meaninglesscorporate buzzwords
My pointy-haired boss just told me I need to make a paradigm of strategizing my primary action items, just becauseI forgot to use the new cover sheet on the TPS reports.