Authors: 265
Books: 3,034
Poems & Short Stories: 3,123
Forum Members: 68,569
Forum Posts: 995,314

From: Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship
Date: 20060101
Author:Scharff, Michael
The Ugly Duckling Goes to Work: Wisdom for the Workplace from the Classic Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Mette Norgaard American Management Association (2005) 208 pages, Hardback, $17.95
Reviewed by: Michael Scharff, Limestone College
In today's business environment, many managers are still using a Tayloristic management approach concentrated on exceeding the weekly, monthly, or quarterly goals and putting out fires while ensuring the company meets or beats the quarterly profit estimates. Once the quarter closes, there are new goals and profit estimates to beat. The same is true of our home ...
Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.
| Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time. |
Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time. |