If you want to lead a team, a company, an army, or a country, the primary problem you face is getting everyone moving in the same direction, which is really just a polite way of saying “getting people to do what you want.”

In the spirit of getting people to do what you want, Joel Spolsky presents the pros and cons of three common management methods:

• Introduction to Three Common Management Methods
• The Command and Control Management Method
• The Econ 101 Management Method
• The Identity Management Method

-- I haven't read the Identity method yet, so please don't give away the ending... 

Joel writes insightful and funny stuff about software development and management at Joel on Software.