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by factsaresacred 2978 days ago
Anybody who found this interesting will like 'The Management Myth':

> The thing that makes modern management theory so painful to read isn’t usually the dearth of reliable empirical data. It’s that maddening papal infallibility. Oh sure, there are a few pearls of insight, and one or two stories about hero-CEOs that can hook you like bad popcorn. But the rest is just inane.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/06/the-man...

And previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11931270