The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong

✍ Scribed by Stewart, Matthew

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

A former management consultant traces his rise as an unlikely business guru, sharing scathing critiques of popular business authorities from Frederick Taylor to Tom Peters while offering insights into the management industry itself.;Doing things with numbers -- Putting people first -- Thinking ahead -- Striving for excellence.

✦ Table of Contents

Doing things with numbers --
Putting people first --
Thinking ahead --
Striving for excellence.

✦ Subjects

Management--Philosophy;Electronic books;Management -- Philosophy

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