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Book Review: Multipliers

LDRLB

Don’t be fooled by the title, the authors do NOT offer research support for their claim that leadership can make folks smarter. I love this stuff, but many of you will be able to see that there is nothing here that your favorite authors on leadership and organizational learning (e.g. Chris Argyris , W.E.

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Management’s Three Eras: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

A wealthy industrialist, Joseph Wharton aspired to produce “pillars of the state” whose leadership would extend across business and public life. Writers such as Elton Mayo, Mary Parker Follett, Chester Barnard, Max Weber, and Chris Argyris imported theories from other fields (sociology and psychology) to apply to management.

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The Capitalist Philosophers: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business–Their Lives, Times, and Ideas Andrea Gabor Times Business (2000) A brilliant discussion of thirteen “geniuses of modern business” While preparing questions for another interview, I recently re-read this book (published in 2000) in which Andrea Gabor focuses on Frederick (..)

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The Capitalist Philosophers A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business–Their Lives, Times, and Ideas Andrea Gabor Times Business (2000) A brilliant discussion of thirteen “geniuses of modern business” While preparing questions for another interview, I recently re-read this book (published in 2000) in which Andrea Gabor focuses on Frederick (..)