by George Ambler on November 26, 2006
What are f-LAWS you may ask? The f-LAWS website says that: f-LAWS are truths about organizations that we might wish to deny or ignore – simple and more reliable guides to managers’ everyday behaviour than the complex truths proposed by scientists, economists, sociologists, politicians and philosophers. In 1958, Professor Cyril Northcote Parkinson first articulated Parkinson’s [...]
by George Ambler on November 5, 2006
The Handy Guide to the Gurus of Management is a series that examines the roles and teachings of Business Gurus, with text, audio and an explanation of common management terms, his guide and selection of management gurus are as follows: Introduction – Charles Handy guides you through the lives and works of his choice of [...]
by George Ambler on September 10, 2006
Professors Jeffrey Pfeffer & Robert I. Sutton, of Stanford University and authors of the book Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management, which I discussed recently, has just launched their website Evidence-Based Management, a management approach they describe as follows: Evidence-based management is a simple idea. It just means finding the [...]
by George Ambler on August 20, 2006
An interesting article, “Seven Characteristics of Highly Effective Entrepreneurial Employees” by Joe Hadzima a senior lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management. Ability to Deal With Risk. Results Oriented. Energy. Growth Potential. Team Player. Multitasking Ability. Improvement Oriented. Technorati Tags: Management, Career, Entrepreneurship, Business Tweet
by George Ambler on August 20, 2006
The T+D Blog has an interesting article on some of the reasons why top CEO’s get fired. According to a four-year study from LeadershipIQ.com, CEO’s were fired due to: Mismanaging change (31%) Ignoring customers (28%) Tolerating low performers (27%) Denying reality (23%) Too much talk, not enough action (22%) Technorati Tags: Management, Leadership, Business, CEO [...]