... of the five sections and pick the areas that appear most relevant to [our] competitive situation” (Peters, 1987, p. 40). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Quality management Narratives Management gurus Business excellence The management commentator, Tom Peters has been celebrated...

... Follett. Findings Drawing on the examples of Mary Parker Follett and Henri Fayol, it argues that the influence exerted by other management gurus and fads, such as Frederick Winslow Taylor's Scientific Management and Elton Mayo's Human Relations Movement, gave rise to a stereotyped...

... Publishing Limited 2004 Management gurus Lifelong learning Education It may be interesting to read philosophy, but the thrilling thing for … us to do is to make it come true … (Follett, 1918). This recent resurgence of interest in the ideas of Mary Parker Follett is refreshing...

... of research to academics and practitioners, a view that Professor Greenberg offered when discussing the appeal of his article: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Management history Organizational behaviour Human resource management Management gurus Literature The phrase “Great works...

... of individual theories and “schools of thought” with no intellectual glue binding any of them together. This is important for many reasons, but the most important one may be how we advance the body of knowledge called “management” from here on because: Management theory Management gurus Management...

... to Drucker's body of work and contributions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Management gurus Entrepreneurialism Management theory Marketing theory According to a recent book on management gurus, Peter Drucker is one of the few thinkers in any discipline who can claim to have...

... evolution. Management styles Management gurus Management consultancy Consultants are often the target of criticism for their role in the dissemination of ideas, concepts and techniques that are later labelled as mere management fashions or fads. Abrahamson and Fairchild (1999) define...