Comments on: Make believe world http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/05/make-believe-world/ The strategic role of the senior executive Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Book Review: The Halo Effect | Managing Leadership http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/05/make-believe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8221 Book Review: The Halo Effect | Managing Leadership Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:44:25 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-8221 [...] value and viability. Henry Mintzberg, Sumantra Ghosal, and Jeffrey Pfeffer are known for their critical examinations of the worth of business education. They have included in their critiques concerns about the [...] [...] value and viability. Henry Mintzberg, Sumantra Ghosal, and Jeffrey Pfeffer are known for their critical examinations of the worth of business education. They have included in their critiques concerns about the [...]

]]> By: Why some good ideas still become management fads | Managing Leadership http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/05/make-believe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8026 Why some good ideas still become management fads | Managing Leadership Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:40:19 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-8026 [...] weeks ago, we discussed the question of management fads, their causes and effects (academics, consultants, management). Author and consultant Ravi Tangri pointed out in a comment that some of [...] [...] weeks ago, we discussed the question of management fads, their causes and effects (academics, consultants, management). Author and consultant Ravi Tangri pointed out in a comment that some of [...]

]]> By: Management responsibility for management fads | Managing Leadership http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/05/make-believe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-7997 Management responsibility for management fads | Managing Leadership Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:35:42 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-7997 [...] discussed, last week, the contributions of academics and consultants to the unfortunate waves of management fads that have made a repeated mockery of so [...] [...] discussed, last week, the contributions of academics and consultants to the unfortunate waves of management fads that have made a repeated mockery of so [...]

]]> By: Jim Stroup http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/05/make-believe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-7990 Jim Stroup Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:41:09 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-7990 I certainly agree - credentials point to the potential presence of ability or, at least of the basic knowledge on which to build and the discipline to develop it. But they too often are mistaken for the presence of these things. They are, however, something quickly and easily identified by prospective employers or promoting authorities. As a result, people tend not to look past them; nor do they undertake the much more difficult work of identifying ability or potential from other sorts of evidence. Thanks for stopping by with this! I certainly agree – credentials point to the potential presence of ability or, at least of the basic knowledge on which to build and the discipline to develop it. But they too often are mistaken for the presence of these things.

They are, however, something quickly and easily identified by prospective employers or promoting authorities. As a result, people tend not to look past them; nor do they undertake the much more difficult work of identifying ability or potential from other sorts of evidence.

Thanks for stopping by with this!

]]> By: learner http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/05/make-believe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-7987 learner Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:39:42 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-7987 MBA is only an academic matter. company needs an experienced manager, even he's not MBA degree. i think, MBA become a trend in the world of carreer. MBA is only an academic matter. company needs an experienced manager, even he’s not MBA degree.
i think, MBA become a trend in the world of carreer.

]]> By: The consulting industry and management fads | Managing Leadership http://managingleadership.com/blog/2008/11/05/make-believe-world/comment-page-1/#comment-7985 The consulting industry and management fads | Managing Leadership Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:44:34 +0000 http://managingleadership.com/blog/?p=1155#comment-7985 [...] Yesterday we looked at a perhaps unexpected source of what some of its own members claim is not merely empty – but even harmful – management theory. But that is hardly the most active producer of such problematic thinking. The consulting industry is a far more prolific generator of some of the more inane ideas that have swept the field in recent decades. [...] [...] Yesterday we looked at a perhaps unexpected source of what some of its own members claim is not merely empty – but even harmful – management theory. But that is hardly the most active producer of such problematic thinking. The consulting industry is a far more prolific generator of some of the more inane ideas that have swept the field in recent decades. [...]

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