Practice question · Multiple choice
A manager climbing from team lead to division head needs less technical mastery at each step. Why do human skills NOT follow the same pattern and only matter at the top?
Hints
- Sketch the three skill types against level and ask which line is flat.
- What does a team lead spend the day doing?
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C. Because they are the one requirement constant at every level
Why
Katz's point is that technical need falls and conceptual need rises while human skill stays level throughout. The newly promoted engineer needs it immediately, not eventually.
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