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Managers are not smarter or better educated than other people.
Also, many have inflated fragile egos, and feel less worthy than those who do "the real job" (the workers) and feel the need to do stuff so they feel they are doing stuff too.
Or so I believe. It's so rarely about real productivity and so often about some sort of control. To control something they don't understand (I'm in software development).
Sometimes the manager/foreman/supervisor is just the team member who is willing to be that interface between the frontline workers and senior management. The best middle managers are those who can thread that needle to the satisfaction of both groups.
I agree with you thst managers shouldn't consider themselves smarter than anyone else. Quite the opposite. Particularly when managing professionals or others with extensive knowledge, I'm a big believer in the concept of servant leadership. That's where you lead by inspiring the group to come up with ideas and then shaping, coordinating, and supporting those ideas through to a successful outcome.