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The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy Matthew Stewart
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.

Today I want to DEBUNK some of these myths. Fortunately, in response to all of this stupidity, Matthew Stewart has written what should be mandatory reading for everyone in the corporate world: The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy. Matthew Stewart, who went from a PhD in philosophy to an unhappy career as a management consultant, lays into the "science" of management, from its historical roots to the vacuity of its modern-day practice. These are only a few of the statements I've heard over the years. First and foremost we must understand that selling retail isn't just one aspect of your business. "Here he [Matthew Stewart] brilliantly sets about unpicking the central tenets of management thinking." Director "Elegant hatchet job on the management consultancy industry and the damage it's done. Nothing, however, gets under my skin more than myths and exaggerations about cockpit automation — this pervasive idea that modern aircraft are flown by computers, with pilots on hand as little more than a backup in case of trouble. In practice, well under one percent of landings are performed automatically, and the fine print of setting up and managing one of these landings is something I could talk about all day. On the way, he indicts the MBA program as a largely pointless exercise, and accuses business consultants of blindly applying simpleminded heuristics and deploying "obfuscatory jargon" to cover their pointlessness. Http://www.amazon.com/Managers-Not-MBAs-Management-Development/dp/1576753514/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1286370116&sr=8-1. Business Insider says Freakonomics Radio! €�The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy” by Matthew Stewart “Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach To Fun on the Job” by Dennis W.