Perspectives on Management

Creative reflections on contemporary management practices. Celebrating deviance from the norm, magic and the humanities.

Value-based management is a term often used in contemporary workplaces. In this post it is argued that the value of this approach is not very high.
The Value of Value-Based Management
Value-based management is a term often used in contemporary workplaces. In this post it is argued that the value of this approach is not very high.
Management
Positive Deviance
Buddhist management, using the famous chariot analogy, suggests that organisations do not exist other than the impact they have on customers.
Buddhist Management: Organisations Do Not Exist
Buddhist management, using the famous chariot analogy, suggests that organisations do not exist other than the impact they have on customers.
Management
Humanities
SMART objectives are a seemingly immutable law in management. What if an organisation uses DUMB objectives or DUMB targets?
Are SMART objectives smart? Introducing DUMB objectives
SMART objectives are a seemingly immutable law in management. What if an organisation uses DUMB objectives or DUMB targets?
management
management tools
One of the first things people mention when asked what is wrong with their workplace are functional silos. But are they really that bad?
Functional Silos to Deliver Business Objectives
One of the first things people mention when asked what is wrong with their workplace are functional silos. But are they really that bad?
Management
Positive Deviance
Play the Corporate Snakes and Ladders career simulator - The ultimate guide to a career in management. What are the barriers holding you back?
Corporate Snakes and Ladders: A Career Simulator Board Game
Play the Corporate Snakes and Ladders career simulator - The ultimate guide to a career in management. What are the barriers holding you back?
Management
Management Tools
All the world's a stage - how the use of deception and Goffman's interactionist sociology applies to deception in management.
All the World's a Stage — Deception in Management
All the world's a stage - how the use of deception and Goffman's interactionist sociology applies to deception in management.
Management
Business Magic
The subservient manager challenges the generally accepted concept that the employee works for the manager. The enlightened manager works for the employee.
The Subservient Manager and the Illusion of Hierarchy
The subservient manager challenges the generally accepted concept that the employee works for the manager. The enlightened manager works for the employee.
Management
Positive Deviance
The Philosopher's Stone of management is the art of understanding people. Not through questionnaires, but through management alchemy.
Management Alchemy: The Philosopher's Stone of Management
The Philosopher's Stone of management is the art of understanding people. Not through questionnaires, but through management alchemy.
Management
Business Magic