If you ask managers what they do, they will most likely tell you that they plan, organise, co-ordinate and control. Then watch what they do. Don't be surprised if you can't relate what you see to those four words.

No generalizing beyond the data, no theory. No theory, no insight. And if no insight, why do research.

An enterprise is a community of human beings, not a collection of "human resources".

It is time to recognize conventional MBA programs for what they are - or else to close them down. They are specialized training in the functions of business, not general educating in the practice of management.

Corporations are economic entities, to be sure, but they are also social institutions that must justify their existence by their overall contribution to society.

Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense

If you ask managers what they do, they will most likely tell you that they plan, organise, co-ordinate and control. Then watch what they do. Don't be surprised if you can't relate what you see to those four words.