How to Avoid Management Failures: Mistakes Every Manager Should Stay Away From (Unabridged‪)‬

The road to success is paved with failures. However, management needs to beware all the pitfalls that lie ahead and circumvent them as often as possible. There is no success without failures, but there are failures without success. So, watch it! This book can help unveiling the most frequent mistakes managers make and how to avoid them. The themes covered are:


What is failure?
Authoritarianism
Paternalism
Taylorism
Quality circles
Total Quality
Reengineering
Excellence
People are bad - one has to control them
Motivation is through money
Massive layoffs
Competence in work
The problem of lightness
The essential on management