The management mythbuster / David A.J. Axson.
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TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010. Description: xx, 345 pages: illustration ; 24 cmISBN: 9780470463628Subject(s): Industrial management | Strategic planning | Employee motivation | Success in businessDDC classification: 658 AXSO Includes bibliographical references and index.
Missions, visions, and other expensive pastimes -- Strategy and other confusing stuff -- Gurus, consultants, and other snake oil salesmen -- Forget success, focus on failure -- Budgeting : a modern vision of hell (well, purgatory at least) -- The futility of forecasting -- Total quality, Six Sigma, process re-engineering and other management fads -- New risks for a new world -- Pay for performance? Failure pays very well these days -- Lies, damn lies, and performance metrics -- Leveraging technology for competitive advantage -- Why accountants rule the world -- The synergies will be massive! -- Talent matters -- Ask the dumb questions -- The business of spin.
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