Management MythMatthew Stewart
Management Myth
by Matthew Stewart · first published 2009
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Matthew Stewart's "the management myth" runs with this thesis. Google it - the Atlantic article is a great read. He explicitly links the Tom Peters types with televangelists and self help infomercial pitchmen.
on “Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense, is now as good as dead” ↗…- the young Bob and Bob McKinseys. So much money, so little results. Which prompts me to recommend my favorite book on management consulting, the life, the legends, the myths: http://www.amazon.com/Management-Myth-Debunking-Business-Phi...
on “Tech Prep by Facebook” ↗I recomment reading "The Management Myth" by Matthew Stewart, on this topic
on “The Rise of the Bullshittery” ↗For a contrary opinion, try Matthew Stewart. His book, "The Management Myth," was nicely excerpted in the Atlantic [1]. He's particularly harsh on Taylor's early experiments, which claimed to be scientific but were anything but. [1] http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/06/the-mana...
on “Inside McKinsey” ↗Matthew Stewart's The Management Myth[1] is a pretty brutal autobiography of "strategy consulting". A key insight is the role of business school theorists, particularly Michael Porter. Porter essentially looked over the fence at economics,…
on “Good Consultants vs. Bad Consultants” ↗