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Author Micklethwait, John.

Title The witch doctors : making sense of the management gurus / John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge
Edition First U.S. edition
Published New York : Times Books, [1996]
©1996

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Description xiv, 369 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: The Unacknowledged Legislators -- I. How It Works. 1. The Fad in Progress: Reengineering. 2. The Management Theory Industry -- II. Prophet and Evangelist. 3. Peter Drucker: The Guru's Guru. 4. Tom Peters: Management as Performance Art -- III. The Great Debates. 5. Rethinking the Company. 6. Knowledge, Learning, and Innovation. 7. Strategy: From Planning to Vision. 8. Storm in the Boardroom. 9. The Future of Work -- IV. The World in Their Hands. 10. What Does Globalization Mean? 11. The Art of Japanese Management. 12. A New Model in Asia? -- V. New Frontiers. 13. Managing Leviathan: The Public Sector. 14. A Walk on the Wild Side -- Conclusion: An Immature Discipline
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index
Subject Comparative management.
Industrial management.
Author Wooldridge, Adrian.
LC no. 96006793
ISBN 0812928334 (hc : acid-free paper)
0812929888 (paperback)