| Deconstructing Management Maxims, Volume I: A Critical Examination of Conventional Business Wisdom Contributor(s): Wayne, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 163157647X ISBN-13: 9781631576478 Publisher: Business Expert Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Management - General - Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 9" (0.43 lbs) 136 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A contrarian challenge to the status quo, this book vigorously champi-ons healthy skepticism in management theory and practice. Several com-mon management maxims - often taken for granted as truisms - are examined and debunked with evidence-based arguments. The constant repetition of these flawed tropes perpetuates their mythological status and limits personal and organizational performance. Far from a business as usual business book, Deconstructing Manage-ment Maxims has been researched with academic rigor yet written in an approachable style. Unafraid of taking on conventional business wisdom, it contains some controversial yet substantiated positions that will pro-voke critical thinking and debate. After all, sacred cows and long-believed tenets of management lore do not go away quietly. A clear message from this book is that you don't have to believe everything you read or hear-be it in the classroom or at work It offers a refreshing break from the constant drumbeat of dronish corporate and academic clich s. This book is best appreciated by readers wanting to think critically about important management phenomena. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wayne, Kevin: - Dr. Kevin T. Wayne has been an entrepreneur, intrapreneur, medical device industry executive, independent director on a publically-traded company's board of directors, business consultant, scholar, and full-time management academic. He publishes, presents, and engages in research on a variety of management-related phenomena. Wayne teaches undergraduate and graduate level management courses including principles of management, advertising and promotion management, sports & entertainment marketing, market research, principles of marketing, entrepreneurship, and marketing & new product development. He has earned -Best Reviewer- from the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management and was chosen for the Region I Teaching Excellence award for the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). He raised over $20 million of venture capital and has presided over numerous new product introductions in the medical device industry. He is uniquely qualified to research and write about entrepreneurship, product development, strategy, competitiveness, general management, and board governance. He regularly attends academic and entrepreneurially-focused meetings, such as the Northeast Business & Economics Association Conference, Society for Business Research Meeting, Medical Device Group Boston meetings, and MIT Venture Forums. |