Can I manage iPod playlists independent of iTunes?

Before iTunes 11 it was possible for me to create playlists, drag files and manage all of my iPod files independent of my iTunes playlists. Now, the only way to manage my iPod music is to do it in iTunes first and then sync. AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
For someone who has completely different playlists in iTunes than I do on my iPod, you can imagine what a nightmare it is to now manage them all in one place - I have doubled the number of playlists I have to sort through in iTunes not to mention going through additional steps to get the results I want.
Please, please, please tell me this is a settings issue and not yet another horrible change to iTunes. HELP!

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this is my first message here and I'd like to ask you sorry for my poor english (I'm italian)
BTW , I'd like to know how to manage the playlists I create on my 4th gen. iPod. Infact ,after creating a new playlist on my iPod , when I connect it to the pc , iTunes recognizes these playlists but I'm not able to save or copy them. I've also tried in creating a new iTunes playlist , but it's impossible to drag and drop songs included in iPod playlist to the new one. I'm only able to copy song from iTunes playlists to iPod . But not the reverse.
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