Monthly Archives: May 2009

Des Moore on Central Banks

Posted on May 21, 2009 by admin

Interesting: First, contrary to popular interpretations, the blame for the panic cannot primarily be placed on irresponsible bankers: they responded rationally to the subsidy for credit created by central bankers. But what’s this in the very next paragraph?!?!: Second, Prime … Continue reading →

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Manager veto and the management team cartel

Posted on May 18, 2009 by admin

There is an interesting lesson about management intensions at the Management Skills Blog.   It serves as a good example of how management teams act like cartels (if you use my analysis approach):   Noble Intentions Thu, May 14th, 2009 … Continue reading →

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No wrong way to slice the pie? (and do you even know?)

Posted on May 7, 2009 by admin

Management, as a discipline, has a problem it can”t solve.  It needs to coordinate separate but related activities caused by the division of labour.  And it needs to be able to do this regardless of how labour is divided. Project … Continue reading →

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Thought of the day

Posted on May 6, 2009 by admin

Mainstream economics is not the cause of the current financial crisis – rather, the cause of the current financial crisis and the cause of mainstream economics being mainstream are the same. (article to follow)

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Thought of the day

Posted on May 5, 2009 by admin

Leadership is knowing what needs to be done before you see the ROI calculation

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Again, what is MWT?

Posted on May 5, 2009 by admin

I’ve written a few short descriptions of the MWT Model over the years.  I just submitted the following to ValueBasedManagement.net: ManageWithoutThem is firstly a theory of how organisations actually behave, rather than how managers should behave.  Secondly, it’s a redefinition … Continue reading →

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Thought of the day

Posted on May 4, 2009 by admin

Management is not never having to say “this is bullsh*t”.

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