The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting It Wrong

Stewart, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0393338525 / ISBN 13: 9780393338522

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 2010

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reprint edition. 352 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting It Wrong
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication Date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0393338525
• ISBN 13: 9780393338522
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.33 kilograms

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Synopsis

"A devastating bombardment of managerial thinking and the profession of management consulting…A serious and valuable polemic." ―Wall Street Journal

Fresh from Oxford with a degree in philosophy and no particular interest in business, Matthew Stewart might not have seemed a likely candidate to become a consultant. But soon he was telling veteran managers how to run their companies.

In narrating his own ill-fated (and often hilarious) odyssey at a top-tier firm, Stewart turns the consultant’s merciless, penetrating eye on the management industry itself. The Management Myth offers an insightful romp through the entire history of thinking about management, a withering critique of pseudoscience in management theory, and a clear explanation of why the MBA usually amounts to so much BS―leading us through the wilderness of American business thought.

About the Author

Matthew Stewart is an independent philosopher and historian who has written extensively about the philosophical origins of the American republic. His work has appeared in?The Atlantic,?The?Washington Post,?The Wall Street Journal, and more. He is currently based in London.