Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The shift marks a significant move away from Henri Fayol's autocratic “command-and-control” type management theories and methodologies which have been in vogue since the early 1900s. This prospect offers opportunities for more peer-based interaction and a better flow and exchange of information and ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

This need to publish to make a career has led to increasingly obscure research of almost no value to real businesses, specialization that encourages silo thinking, and a serious disregard of the importance of teaching students to think.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

Frederick Winslow Taylor , regarded as the father of scientific management and one of the first management consultants in the early 1900s, believed workers were incapable of dissecting and improving their jobs. But most companies find it a cultural challenge to adopt these tools.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The need to publish to make a career has also led to increased specialization among faculty that, in turn, has encouraged disciplinary silo thinking in both research and teaching. The scientific management emphasis on efficiency and profit at all costs can no longer take precedence over human values.

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