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The Mongrel Discipline of Management

Harvard Business Review

As managers we cycle between these modes constantly. It''s the mark of a great manager to be able to judge, in a complex situation, when and how to use each of them. In the middle of this spectrum are the liberal arts and the mongrel discipline that we call "management". Detached observation requires a certain maturity.

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The End of Expertise

Harvard Business Review

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum. ” Increasingly, expertise is losing the respect that for years had earned it premiums in any market where uncertainty was present and complex knowledge valued.