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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2Rev Ed edition (3 May 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0471380547
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471380542
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Management theory is all well and good, but how many managers have the time to read up on it? This book is a sort of management primer, bringing together ideas from some of the top names in management science and explaining them in easy, accessible terms. With chapters organised around themes such as motivating people, the pursuit of market leadership and creating high performance, it has a practical slant, designed to help you both understand the theories and see how they relate to your own workplace. In preparation the authors read 200 books and 3000 articles--that's probably more than most of us would get through no matter how devoted we are to our subject--and the result is clued-up and grounded in everyday business life. The Guru Guide manages to synthesise many of the conflicting views surrounding each theory and through the authors' own discussion, the reader comes away with an alternative perspective. The presentation is accessible, with diagrams, lists and tables all playing a part in explaining the ideas and a summary of the key points closing each chapter. The end result is a book which bridges nicely the divide between academia and the real world: students of management theory may find it useful, but so will employees trying to improve their own, and their company's, performance. --Sandra Vogel

B. Joseph White, Dean, University of Michigan Business School

"It's tough to keep up with the latest management thinking. This book can help . . . and stimulate you to go to original sources of greatest value to you." -B. Joseph White, Dean, University of Michigan Business School --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Stunningly simple 9 Mar 1999
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I wish I had had a copy of this book when I was completing assignments for my M.B.A. It is one of those "oh-so-simple" ideas that has, nevertheless, previously failed to surface. The authors obviously practise management themselves (and for clients), and also obviously did the research necessary to flesh out their concept. Not only do they summarise many strands of management thinking, they also declare their own "bias" wherever they make judgments on the material. Furthermore they provide an acceptable academic referencing throughout, and a thorough bibliography. I do not know of a better reference for management thinking. To top it all off, it is easy to read. An extraordinary achievement. While I am sure that everybody who reads this will offer their own quibbles on choice (I have a few myself), I do not know of any more cogent guide to management essentials. I hope this book is published in a new edition every two years or so. I know that it will save me an enormous amount of research and reading if it is.
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MBA Essential 10 Aug 2007
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The next time you are planning an essay pick up this book. It cuts through the acres of words to the core ideas of the key 'gurus' and links them together simply and logically. A great framework from which to then look in depth at a subject - enough to get you through!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Excellent reading for both MBA's and non-MBA's! 14 May 2000
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This is truly great reading! Top management thinkers' ideas arranged according to topic (as opposed to more "intuitive" organization by date/period or by author/thinker).

How I wish I'd come across this book during my graduate school days at the Asian Institute of Management. Truly unfortunate I think, that many MBA's will receive their degrees after having read only a handful of the great thinkers' works (depending on who's ideas are perhaps being pushed or espoused by the business school in question). "The Guru Guide" is essential reading ESPECIALLY for the MBA/MBA wannabe since it not only presents and summarizes lead management gurus' ideas but provides an excellent and convenient forum for juxtaposition and critique as well. For instance, how Michael Porter's ideas (highlighted by masteral degree programs at AIM) on competitive strategy were later disputed by Mintzberg, then by Hamel and Prahalad, who later received the same from Treacy and Wearsema, and so forth.

I recommend this book for MBA's and non-MBA's alike, anyone interested in management concepts. Key insight? With every idea, there's always a counter idea ... with every "best way", there's always an equally valid "other way"...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Stunningly simple 9 Mar 1999
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Format:Hardcover
I wish I had had a copy of this book when I was completing assignments for my M.B.A. It is one of those "oh-so-simple" ideas that has, nevertheless, previously failed to surface. The authors obviously practise management themselves (and for clients), and also obviously did the research necessary to flesh out their concept. Not only do they summarise many strands of management thinking, they also declare their own "bias" wherever they make judgments on the material. Furthermore they provide an acceptable academic referencing throughout, and a thorough bibliography. I do not know of a better reference for management thinking. To top it all off, it is easy to read. An extraordinary achievement. While I am sure that everybody who reads this will offer their own quibbles on choice (I have a few myself), I do not know of any more cogent guide to management essentials. I hope this book is published in a new edition every two years or so. I know that it will save me an enormous amount of research and reading if it is.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
How did I ever manage without it? 7 Sep 1999
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This book is a fantastic condensation of all the most important pontifications from prominent management thinkers. I market a management consultancy and need to know this stuff to underpin what I write and say about my colleague's own management thinking and our work with clients.

I cannot bear trawling through business books which elaborate these theories way beyond my boredom threshold. The bite size chunks in here and the comparisons of key points from thinkers in each area make for really useful and genuinely interesting reading. I keep this on my desk all the time now as a reference book. In my job, I'm supposed to know all about Drucker, Senge, Handy and the rest, and this gives me all the info I need to sound reasonably informed. I guess what I'm really saying is this is a great blagger's guide.

I also really like the Boyetts' style. They are respectful but not reverential and they have a healthy degree of scepticism which is very refreshing.

The only minor quibble I have is that the index should be a lot more comprehensive - essential, really in a book like this, when you quickly need to look something up so you can sound reasonably knowledgable in ten minutes' time...

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