In the June 2006 Matthew Stewart wrote a fantastic article in The Atlantic about the problems causes by modern management gurus and their attempt to sell snake oil.
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Excerpt from the article:
Management theory came to life in 1899 with a simple question: “How many tons of pig iron bars can a worker load onto a rail car in the course of a working day?”
The man behind this question was Frederick Winslow Taylor, the author of The Principles of Scientific Management and, by most accounts, the founding father of the whole management business.
The thing that makes modern management theory so painful to read isn’t usually the dearth of reliable empirical data. It’s that maddening papal infallibility. Oh sure, there are a few pearls of insight, and one or two stories about hero-CEOs that can hook you like bad popcorn. But the rest is just inane.
I highly suggest you read Matthew Stewart's book: The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong.