Masters of Management : How the Business Gurus and Their Ideas Have Changed the World—For Bette...
ISBN: 9780061771132 | 0061771139
Edition: RevisedFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Pub. Date: 11/29/2011
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"A complete update of the 1996 bestselling THE WITCH DOCTORS, a penetrating and engaging history of management theory that sorts the wisdom from the dross, and the wise men from the charlatans"--
In 1996, having completed a two-year research study, longtime Economistjournalists and editors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge published The Witch Doctors, an explosive critique of management theory and its legions of evangelists and followers. The book became a bestseller, widely praised by reviewers and devoured ... MORE
In 1996, having completed a two-year research study, longtime Economistjournalists and editors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge published The Witch Doctors, an explosive critique of management theory and its legions of evangelists and followers. The book became a bestseller, widely praised by reviewers and devoured ... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Introduction: The Unacknowledged Legislators | p. 1 |
| How it Works | |
| The Fad in Progress: From Reengineering to CSR. | p. 29 |
| The Management Theory Industry | p. 49 |
| The Prophet and the Evangelists | |
| Peter Drucker: The Guru's Guru | p. 75 |
| Tom Peters: Management for the Masses | p. 95 |
| Fla... MORE | p. 111 |
| Three Management Revolutions | |
| Rethinking the Company | p. 143 |
| Entrepreneurs Unbound | p. 169 |
| The World Turned Upside Down | p. 203 |
| The Great Debates | |
| Knowledge, Learning, and Innovation | p. 233 |
| Lords of Strategy | p. 251 |
| What Does Globalization Mean? | p. 269 |
| Storm in the Boardroom | p. 291 |
| Managing Leviathan | p. 313 |
| Workers of the World | |
| The Common Toad | p. 337 |
| The Battle for Brainpower | p. 363 |
| Managing Yourself | p. 391 |
| Conclusion: Mastering Management | p. 409 |
| Notes | p. 421 |
| Index | p. 433 |
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