A management philosophy prescribing to the theory that to best motivate your employees, you must at all times:
1. Keep them in the
dark.
2. Feed them full of
shit.
This form of management applies to every situation where management is involved. Be it passing on critical information to employees, or informing
people of policy change and company announcements. The entire purpose is to be as vague and unresponsive as possible. The ultimate culmination and success of this management style can be found when
people draw comparisons to management and a black hole. Where resources and information go in and nothing comes out.
Example of Mushroom Management:
Employee1: So you talked to management on our companies
re-bid for the contract?
Employee2: Yea, but didn'
t get much. Management said there's nothing to report.
Employee3: How can that be? Our fucking contract is up next month, how can they not know anything?
Employee1:
Don'
t ask me dude. Man I feel like I'm constantly in the dark and fed full of
shit. Kind of like a mushroom.