The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy are 9780393072747, 0393072746 and the print ISBNs are 9780393338522, 0393338525. While management consulting – like most fields – has both genuine experts and brazen charlatans, anyone considering hiring a consultant, becoming one or implementing the latest, greatest business idea should read this first. The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy is written by Matthew Stewart and published by W. Stewart emphasizes the negative over the positive, and has a lot of fun weaving in his own hilarious and sometimes tragic years as a strategy consultant. It is entrenching inequality, warping our culture, eroding democracy, and transforming an abundant economy into a source of misery. From Frederick Winslow Taylor’s stopwatches and measuring tapes to Tom Peters’s “eight fundamental principles” for excellence, Stewart exposes the flawed research and outright deceptive traits of popular management gurus and consulting firms. Putnam, author of Bowling Alone), Matthew Stewart argues that a new aristocracy is emerging in American society and it is repeating the mistakes of history. Former consultant Matthew Stewart takes a different view: He demolishes the notion of management as science. In many, the authors – often, “business gurus” or consultants – sell their advice with a level of certainty approaching fact. GetAbstract Summary: Get the key points from this book in 10 minutes.Įach year, a thousand or so new business books join the tens of thousands already published.
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