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Let me expand, I was in the public library and my computer time ran out.

Business managers and executives do not use theories. They use tools. See http://www.bain.com/management_tools/home.asp It is our responsibility as management educators and developers to develop useful theories and use the theories to build better tools. The vast majority of managers and executives are not going to read theoretical articles. To succeed we must provide usable tools that produce useful results in most business environments, or in specific business environments, that we clearly specify. Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. -Samuel Johnson Romie F. Littrell, BA, MBA,PhD, FIAIR, An fánaí fiáin AUT Business School N.Z., romie.littrell@aut.ac.nz http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/ http://www.crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/ Facilitator, Leadership & Management in Sub-Sahara Africa Conferences Contents copyright Romie F. Littrell --- On Wed, 18/2/09, Jerrold Strong <JStrong@ACTRANSIT.ORG> wrote: From: Jerrold Strong <JStrong@ACTRANSIT.ORG> Subject: Re: Directions for a Troubled Discipline To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU Date: Wednesday, 18 February, 2009, 6:42 AM Executives are under tremendous pressure in America to show growth and profit every 12 weeks. Short term thinking.  System pressures from shareholder greed, stock prices, government oversight, debt, and many other things I can't think of off the top of my head, severely limits corporate governance's willingness to make good strategic decisions.  To blame it on any one thing is simplistic and wrong headed.   Real leadership seems absent in most corporate board rooms.  Small business suffers from this as well.  Short term thinking, no clear mission or vision.   Jerry   Jerrold Strong, M.A. Adjunct Faculty Organizational Leadership Chapman University   "Everyone gets the experience; some get the lesson."                                                      T.S. Elliot   From: Management Education and Development Discussion [mailto:MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Joel Harmon Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 8:38 AM To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU Subject: Re: Directions for a Troubled Discipline I'm not sure that the problem is a lack of understanding of strategic management.  It seems more about executive greed overpowering what strategic analysis indicates is in the best mid to long-term interests of the firm (or of society, which gets put way down the list of strategic criteria).   Joel Harmon, Ph.D. Professor of Management Executive Director & Director of Research Institute for Sustainable Enterprise Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison, NJ 07940 US Cell: 732-672-2834 Fax: 973-443-8792