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1. Introduction
2. Management methods
3. Fad and fashion in management method (1)
4. Publications of management methods (1)
5. Publications of management methods (2)
6. What explains such rise and fall in popularity?
7. Management consultants about their method (1)
8. Management consultants about their method (2)
9. Fashion goods
10. Fear (1)
11. Fear (2)
12. Lonely managers (1)
13. Lonely managers (2)
14. M. Hammer's quotation
15. The consultant and the manager relationship
16. Dependency
17. The cycle of dependency
18. Dependency is increased by using consultants
19. More about dependency
20. Typical thinking
21. Managers are willing to believe
22. Do these management methods work?
23. The (second) best selling business book
24. In Search Of Excellence
25. McKinsey 7-S model elements
26. Excellence is a matter of time
27. Managers depend on "in search of excellence"
28. Managers are desperately thirsty for ideas (1)
29. Managers are desperately thirsty for ideas (2)
30. Condensed books
31. Typical business gurus
32. Confused managers (1)
33. Confused managers (2)
34. Consultants should not always be taken seriously
35. The cycle of expectation
36. Desperate manager
37. Managers are being trained rather than educated
38. Fad and fashion in management method (2)
39. Mobile manager needs management method
40. Management science
41. The manager as scientist
42. Matching the right solution to the problem
43. Managers don't rely on their own judgement

Topics Covered

• Change in organisations often means bringing in management consultants
• Managers may have little choice
• Failure to hire consultants suggests that managers are less than serious about change
• Yet, expectations are raised when the consultants arrive, especially if they are expensive consultants
• How managers can become dependent on management consultants and their methods

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Series:

• Change Management

Categories:

• Management, Leadership & Organisation

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Publication History

• Published on May 26, 2010