The entire purpose of middle managers, scientifically, is to be absolutely full of shit

"Characterizing the reality of a situation with any description that is necessary to make that situation more palatable to some group that matters."

Ahem. Consider:

Jackall’s (1986) study of a large American corporation found that bullshitting was systematically expected of middle managers in the company. One informant told Jackall that his job involved ‘characterizing the reality of a situation with any description that is necessary to make that situation more palatable to some group that matters. E…