What is the term for a person who creates organizational problems so they can be seen

What is the term for a person who creates organizational problems so they can be seen as the person who fixes them?

It seems like this is a standard term, but it escapes me…

 

Jackass?

Munchausen by proxy?

 

An idiot

 

Machiavellianism?

 

Once I find out, the term I would use is.....Fired.

 

hmmm. this may be somewhat related to another thread entitled "ethical hacking," some who is hired expressly for the purpose of discovering the vulnerabilities in a system.

 

- my last boss

Actually, he didn't fix them. He just took credit for us fixing them.

 

Spotlight Rangers

 

Thanks, I think this is technically correct, but hard to put in layman’s terms.

The best I have come up with to describe this phenomena is that the person is a combination “arsonist/firefighter” which seems to get the point across. I do seem to remember a more common term, but it continues to escape me..

 

There is an organization management term that encompasses what you are describing. I cannot remember it off the top of my head. If I have time, I will try to look it up in one of my textbooks.

Abner

 

David,

I had a few goes:

1) Organisational Duplicity
2) Organisational Neurosis

Anything to not do my lit review...

All the best,

Dave C.

 

passive-aggressive?

 

Okay, do I win a prize! Munchausen at work (MAW). Here is an article- Munchausen at Work

 

Good call!

Abner

 

That is it, thanks Randall.