The death of modern management : how to lead in the new world disorder /
Owen, Jo.
Chichester : John Wiley & Sons,
2009.
"Modern management is dying under the weight of its own contradictions. The old order is giving way to a new world disorder. The easy certainties of the past are over. Modern management's simplistic formulas hove led to self-defeating conformity. We follow the latest fad but nothing improves because all our competitors are doing the same thing." "Technology promises freedom but delivers slavery. Power is shifting from producers to consumers, from the West to the East, from shareholders to executives. Marketing has to make dreams, not just profits. Smart finance leads to crises not profits. Managers need to manage, not just consult grids. Leaders need to make things happen fast." "Business author Jo Owen is your guide to this dazzling and exciting new world. The Death of Modern Management shows you how to turn risk into opportunity and succeed where others struggle."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : how we got here and where we are going -- Strategy : from following the rules to making the rules -- Marketing : from selling benefits to selling dreams -- Power : shifts to a new world disorder -- Money : from CAPM to the road to ruin -- Information : from deficit to hyperinflation -- Knowledge : from ignorance to the disintegration of the firm -- Organisations : from compliance to commitment -- Change : why dinosaurs can't dance -- Employees : from slavery to freedom (and back again) -- Managers : power and making things happen -- Leaders : no more heroes.
"Modern management is dying under the weight of its own contradictions. The old order is giving way to a new world disorder. The easy certainties of the past are over. Modern management's simplistic formulas hove led to self-defeating conformity. We follow the latest fad but nothing improves because all our competitors are doing the same thing." "Technology promises freedom but delivers slavery. Power is shifting from producers to consumers, from the West to the East, from shareholders to executives. Marketing has to make dreams, not just profits. Smart finance leads to crises not profits. Managers need to manage, not just consult grids. Leaders need to make things happen fast." "Business author Jo Owen is your guide to this dazzling and exciting new world. The Death of Modern Management shows you how to turn risk into opportunity and succeed where others struggle."--BOOK JACKET.
Management.
Leadership.