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Developed from the Guide to Management Ideas this new book not only includes the most significant ideas that have influenced the management of business over the past century, but it also includes entries on the most influential business thinkers of the past and present. Entries on ideas include: Active Inertia; Disruptive Technology; Genchi Genbutsu (Japanese for "Go and See for Yourself"); The Halo Effect; The Long Tail; Pareto Principle ; Six Sigma;, Skunkworks; SWOT analysis; Thin Slicing; Tipping Point; Triple Bottom Line. Among management gurus, the following are included: Igor Ansoff; Warren Bennis; Dale Carnegie; Alfred Chandler; Jim Collins; Stephen Covey ;W. Edwards Deming; Peter Drucker; Henri Fayol; Sumantra Ghoshal; Gary Hamel; Michael Hammer; Charles Handy; Geert Hofstede; Joseph Juran; Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Robert Kaplan; Philip Kotler; Theodore Levitt; J Abraham Maslow; Konosuke Matsushita; Elton Mayo; Douglas McGregor; Henry Mintzberg; Kenichi Ohmae; C. Northcote Parkinson; Tom Peters; Michael Porter; E.F. Schumacher; Peter Senge; Herbert Simon; Alfred Sloan; F. Winslow Taylor; Alvin Toffler; Robert Townsend.
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Tim Hindle is a freelance writer and editor who worked for The Economist from 1979 to 1989 and from 2000 to 2006. In the 1990s he launched a number of magazines including EuroBusiness and The Guide, an English-language introduction to the city of Istanbul. He has written books about business affairs and about Turkey. His home is in West Berkshire.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Perhaps not so much a guide as a small and very focussed encyclopedia, this book lists 102 management ideas and 54 "gurus" and allocates two sides to each - including a short list of further reading. Carol Kennedy's 1991 book "Guide to the Management Gurus" gave a little more space to each guru, but was not perhaps so comprehensive.
Management ideas range from the "proprietary", where individuals can be attributed with their creation, e.g. "Six Sigma", "Balanced Scorecard", through fashions like "Management by Objectives" and "Mission Statement", to the nebulous - "culture", "leadership", "talent". Gurus include some you would expect under that heading - Frederick Taylor, Henry Mintzberg, Tom Peters and Michael Porter, and some that you might not - Dale Carnegie, C. Northcote Parkinson and E.F. Schumacher.
This is a great little book if you accept the limitations of its format. In the space available there is barely enough space to give the briefest summary, let alone a critique, but Hindle does his best. Everyone will point to names missing from the list of "gurus" - I would like to have seen David Maister or some other of those who have concentrated on professional service firm management mentioned, or John Adair for his work on leadership, but as ever we Brits can depend on Charles Handy carrying the flag - even if he's really Irish!
The short biographies include two or three "notable quotations", and from time to time Hindle manages an amusing turn of phrase himself. I was particularly amused by his comment on Tom Peters: "He peddled his theories of excellence with the exuberance and evangelistic zeal of a 19th-century cough syrup salesman."
Management ideas range from the "proprietary", where individuals can be attributed with their creation, e.g. "Six Sigma", "Balanced Scorecard", through fashions like "Management by Objectives" and "Mission Statement", to the nebulous - "culture", "leadership", "talent". Gurus include some you would expect under that heading - Frederick Taylor, Henry Mintzberg, Tom Peters and Michael Porter, and some that you might not - Dale Carnegie, C. Northcote Parkinson and E.F. Schumacher.
This is a great little book if you accept the limitations of its format. In the space available there is barely enough space to give the briefest summary, let alone a critique, but Hindle does his best. Everyone will point to names missing from the list of "gurus" - I would like to have seen David Maister or some other of those who have concentrated on professional service firm management mentioned, or John Adair for his work on leadership, but as ever we Brits can depend on Charles Handy carrying the flag - even if he's really Irish!
The short biographies include two or three "notable quotations", and from time to time Hindle manages an amusing turn of phrase himself. I was particularly amused by his comment on Tom Peters: "He peddled his theories of excellence with the exuberance and evangelistic zeal of a 19th-century cough syrup salesman."
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A Priceless Management Guide for the Millennium
30 July 2009
Format:Hardcover
I was fortunate enough to have discovered this wonderful book by Tim Hindle while reading a "management" article in the Economist. I had a feeling it would be a great book, but what Hindle delivers is a classic piece of managerial wisdom like few other books I've ever come across. It's a virtual warehouse of information from some of the greatest management gurus ever to offer advice on how to cope in this volatile world of 21st Century business.
It's the perfect compliment to Peter Drucker's masterpiece, "The Daily Drucker", and will help anyone perform their management skills with a much higher level of expertise. For anyone in any level of management, this is a terrific guide.
It's the perfect compliment to Peter Drucker's masterpiece, "The Daily Drucker", and will help anyone perform their management skills with a much higher level of expertise. For anyone in any level of management, this is a terrific guide.
Just what you need to know!
3 Jun 2010
Format:Hardcover
As an economist teaching in a college of management, I am often exposed to the latest ideas in management but I tend to seem them as something of the flavors of the month, if not the week. This book tells you all that you need to know about scores of management ideas, terms and gurus that have come (and gone) over the years in perectly efficient two page installments. References are provided for those seeking a deeper treatment, but for many readers this book will provide just what they need to know in order to be conversant in nearly any management concept.
Good reading!
11 Nov 2009
Format:Hardcover
Great book for overview of several decades of management ideas. Hindle provides the current status of these ideas in management circles, which is very valuable. The individual descriptions are too short in some cases, but Hindle provides references to follow on. First half on management ideas is great, didn't have patience to go over the second half on management gurus.
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