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Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus (The Economist)

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I was fortunate enough to have discovered this wonderful book by Tim Hindle while reading a "management" article in the Economist. I had a feeling it would be a great book, but what Hindle delivers is a classic piece of managerial wisdom like few other books I've ever come across. It's a virtual warehouse of information from some of the greatest management gurus ever to offer advice on how to cope in this volatile world of 21st Century business.

It's the perfect compliment to Peter Drucker's masterpiece, "The Daily Drucker", and will help anyone perform their management skills with a much higher level of expertise. For anyone in any level of management, this is a terrific guide.

As an economist teaching in a college of management, I am often exposed to the latest ideas in management but I tend to seem them as something of the flavors of the month, if not the week. This book tells you all that you need to know about scores of management ideas, terms and gurus that have come (and gone) over the years in perectly efficient two page installments. References are provided for those seeking a deeper treatment, but for many readers this book will provide just what they need to know in order to be conversant in nearly any management concept.

Great book for overview of several decades of management ideas. Hindle provides the current status of these ideas in management circles, which is very valuable. The individual descriptions are too short in some cases, but Hindle provides references to follow on. First half on management ideas is great, didn't have patience to go over the second half on management gurus.

I was happy to see that even obscure "gurus" such as Elliott Jaques are covered in this book.

This guide is excellent for acquiring a management culture. You can learn about a lot of people who has already change the world of management.