Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Economist: Three Habits of Irritating Management Gurus

http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14698784

Alas, Business Information (BI) practitioners can analyse, criticise and debunk the works of popular management gurus till the cows come home, but the demand for expert wisdom grows unabated.

The gurus fill a need of business leaders to provide the magic formulas and quick fixes, for management. Even if we criticise them, they often deliver “...their failures only serve to stoke the demand for their services....the very fact that (management) defies easy solutions, leaving managers in a perpetual state of angst, means there will always be demand...”

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