Deconstructing management maxims : a critical examination of conventional business wisdom . Volume I / / Kevin Wayne

• Autore: Wayne Kevin
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2017
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 121 pages)
• Disciplina: 658.45
• Soggetto topico: Industrial management; Business
• Soggetto genere / forma: Libros electronicos.
• Soggetto non controllato: business plan; competitive advantage; consensus decision making; contrarian; customer satisfaction; diversity; English language; failure; human resources; introvert; leadership; management; mission statement
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction: deconstructing management maxims -- 2. Customer is king -- 3. People are our most important asset -- 4. Diversity improves performance -- 5. Competitive advantage is necessary to compete -- 6. A business plan is required for entrepreneurial success -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: A contrarian challenge to the status quo, this book vigorously champions healthy skepticism in management theory and practice. Several common management maxims -- often taken for granted as truisms -- are examined and debunked with evidence-based arguments. The constant repetition of these flawed tropes perpetuates their mythological status and limits personal and organizational performance. Eleven management maxims are rebuked using empirical data, original scholarship, literature reviews, field observations, and thoughtful opinions from numerous experts. Far from a business as usual business book, this has been researched with academic rigor yet written in an approachable style. Unafraid of taking on conventional business wisdom, it contains some controversial yet substantiated positions that will provoke critical thinking and debate. After all, sacred cows and long-believed tenets of management lore do not go away quietly. A clear message from this book is that you don't have to believe everything you read or hear-- be it in the classroom or at work! It offers a refreshing break from the constant drumbeat of dronish corporate and academic clichés. This book is best appreciated by readers wanting to think critically about important management phenomena.
• Titolo autorizzato: Deconstructing management maxims
• ISBN: 1-63157-648-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164036003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Human resource management and organizational behavior collection. . 1946-5645