I think Romie Littrell makes an extremely important point about tools and theories. Nice, succinct post, Romie.
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From: Romie Littrell <
littrellaom@YAHOO.CO.NZ>
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> Let me expand, I was in the public library and my computer time ran out.
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> Business managers and executives do not use theories. They use tools. See
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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.
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> 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
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http://www.romielittrellpubs.homestead.com/
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http://www.crossculturalcentre.homestead.com/
> Facilitator, Leadership & Management in Sub-Sahara Africa Conferences
> Contents copyright Romie F. Littrell
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> --- On Wed, 18/2/09, Jerrold Strong <
JStrong@ACTRANSIT.ORG> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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.
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> Real leadership seems absent in most corporate board rooms. Small business
> suffers from this as well. Short term thinking, no clear mission or vision.
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> Jerry
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> Jerrold Strong, M.A.
> Adjunct Faculty Organizational Leadership
> Chapman University
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> "Everyone gets the experience; some get the lesson."
> T.S. Elliot
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> 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
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> 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).
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> 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
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