Management 101

I've just returned from bureaucratic defeat, and have come to realize that the first thing that must be taught in management school is to support your underlings until you're ready to ax them. Up to that point, back them up, no matter what bad things they do, no matter who is harmed, back them up, back them up, back them up. Then, later, get rid of them when you're convinced that they've done something inconsistent with the institution's goals. Don't rectify their errors, their immoral acts, nothing, until you've been harmed. The devil take those trampled during the process.