FAD Surfing in the Boardroom - Reclaiming the Courage to Manage in the Age of Instant Answers

by EileenC.Shapiro (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $5.64

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $4.19

  Management fads abound in the 20th-century boardroom, often proving disastrous for organizations and lucrative for consultants. This text explodes the myths of downsizing and reengineering , choosing instead to take the power away from the next trend and place it back within the company, focusing on perspective, good judgement, the will to make decisions and the courage to manage. Written in soundbite form, it is designed for those who attend the management meetings as well as those who call them.

• New

  Paperback
  1996

  $22.08

  Fad Surfing (n): the practice of riding the crest of the latest management panacea and then paddling out again in time to ride the next one always absorbing for managers and lucrative for consultants frequently disastrous for organizations.