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‘[Owen] steers readers towards ways of assessing what’s right for their company in its particular situation.’ (Director, December 2009)
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We are at the start of a new wave of management. The recent financial crisis highlighted problems not just in the economic system, but also in the way that many companies are governed and managed. Now modern management has reached its end game and we approach a new era in leadership. Rather than the certainties of command and control, this new epoch will be based on co–operation and commitment. There has been a strategic revolution – instead of following the rules, we now have to make them. For some this represents great risk; for others it is an enormous opportunity.
The Death of Modern Management is a how–to guide for surviving and thriving amidst the new uncertainties of contemporary business.
"...a joyride through new ideas, memorable stories and superb writing." Philip Kotler
"Jo Owen gives a fascinating insight into how 21st century management now works. It is helpful to have someone with his experience, intellect and vision explain the radical changes in a way that makes sense and is immediately usable."
Juliet Hope, CEO, Startup
“Jo Owen delivers a robust and wide–ranging assault on the delusions of management, strategy, finance and marketing that have created an aura of justified mistrust around the modern corporation, but does so with wit, lucidity and lots of enlivening illustrations. The answers for 21st century business are helpfully accessible.”
Professor Nigel Nicholson, London Business School, author of Managing the Human Animal and Family Wars
"...offers insights that help encourage different thinking." Director Magazine
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it's about time someone wrote this book,
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This review is from: The Death of Modern Management: How to Lead in the New World Disorder (Hardcover)
this is a real world book about management - the real world that we work in - the one that is getting harder. this is not a bunch of theories about management that suggest that if you do things "correctly" all will be peace and joy. even better, Owen shows how much theory fails with real examples from real life. read this book all the way through, not just the first and last chapters
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Innovative and insightful,
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This review is from: The Death of Modern Management: How to Lead in the New World Disorder (Hardcover)
Owen starts with a distinct advantage over many business authors: he has great experience, he writes well, and he has original and strong opinions. This is a very good book and deserves its 5 star rating - if for no other reason than unlike most books after reading it I have actually started to do some things differently. All of the book is enjoyable, although not all chapters are as original and strong as others (the chapters on marketing and information I found less original) - but some, such as the chapters on strategy, power and money are very enlightening.
The only question I had in my mind is the title "The Death of Modern Management". It could equally well be called "The Birth of Modern Management" as it describes how management is and has to change - so yes one form of management is dying, but it is no part of Owen's hypothesis that management as a whole is dying - it is being reborn in a different form. However, this is probably a pedantic point, and I can see from a marketing perspective that a title with Death in probably sells better!!.
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