Fifteen years ago, after, having completed a two-year research study, long-time Economist journalists and editors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge published an explosive critique of management theory and its legions of evangelists and followers. Their work became a bestseller, widely praised by reviewers and devoured by readers confused by the buzzwords and concepts created by the management industry. When the book was published, ideas about re-engineering, the search for excellence, quality, and chaos both energized and haunted the world of business, just as the long tail, black swans, the tipping point, the war for talent, and corporate responsibility do today. For decades, since the ascendance of MBA programs, the field of management has operated in a dubious space - as many of its framers clamor for respect within the academy while making millions pedalling ideas, some brilliant and some nonsensical, in speeches, consulting arrangements, and books. While the original book offered a damning critique, it also argued that much of management theory is valuable - making companies more efficient and productive, improving organizational life for workers, and providing sound ways for innovation while defending more entrenched plans. Updated to include the rise and fall of the Internet boom, the Great Recession of 2008, and the more recent developments in management theory, "Masters of Management" is a valuable crash course in the many ideas it dissects.
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"At last some common sense in the arena dominated by shark-swimming, chaos-seeking, megatrending, one-minute managing, highly effective people."--Chicago Tribune
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Adrian Wooldridge is the management editor and Schumpeter columnist of The Economist. He was formerly the magazine's Washington bureau chief and Lexington columnist. He is the coauthor of five books: The Witch Doctors; A Future Perfect: the Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization; The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea; The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America; and God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith is Changing the World.
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I originally read "Witch Doctors" by Wooldridge and thus wanted to find out how this book compares with it. I was not disappointed. Lots of up-to-date examples and analysis on the latest research on management development is reviewed here.
By Ibrat
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The book provides a well balanced [criticism/praise] review of management theory. Easy and enjoyable read on a subject that produced a lot of barely comprehensible literature.
I read the previous edition of this book - titled the Witch Doctors - too, and there is some difference between the two editions (something that the author acknowledges himself too). This edition is not as head-bushing as the previous one (something I liked more in the previous edition), but it also has more information on different business trends more generally (sometimes making me feel I am just reading another Schumpeter section of the Economist magazine - which I understand is written by the same author).
I read the previous edition of this book - titled the Witch Doctors - too, and there is some difference between the two editions (something that the author acknowledges himself too). This edition is not as head-bushing as the previous one (something I liked more in the previous edition), but it also has more information on different business trends more generally (sometimes making me feel I am just reading another Schumpeter section of the Economist magazine - which I understand is written by the same author).
By Richard
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If you look around for books on management, you will find a lot of rubbish. Vast majority of authors and publishers make grand claims on thin data, exagerate the novelty of their work and its potential impact on business. Masters of Management will give you a balanced view on the evolution of management as a science and the individuals who drove this. It closely examines insitutions (e.g. Harvard) and thought-leaders (e.g. Tom Peters), subtly exploses those without substance and rightly credits the real masters of management thinking (e.g. Peter Drucker).
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