In this review I consider the 20 years that have passed since the publication of my book
Against Management. I begin by locating it in the context of the expanding business schools …

Management gurus have existed for as long as the leaders of large, complex organizations
have had intractable problems to solve. This seminal text asks key questions such as: What …

Since the 1980s, popular management thinkers, gurus have promoted a number of
performance improvement programs and management fashions which have greatly …

I love fashion. Take music, for example. I don't like outmoded classic music or sixties stuff.
No, I like to listen to drums and bass, abstract hip hop, and techno. You name it. Mamma …

This paper, developed in the long shadow cast by the 40th anniversary of the first
publication of In Search Excellence offers a critical reanalysis of the orientations of the …

The emerging area of'critical marketing'claims that the value of importing critical social
theory lies in its capacity to interrogate the basic assumptions and conventions that guide …

Narrative approaches to organisation and management studies are very much in vogue.
Offering a new challenge to management scholarship, Management Theory: A Critical and …

This textbook provides an accessible theoretical analysis of the organizational impact of
information technologies. It seeks to examine and comment upon the myriad ways in which …

Would organizations function better if managers did not use buzzwords? This paper traces a
history of buzzwords and highlights three ways they help managers. First, managers use …

David Collins, a well respected scholar of management gurus proves a critical reappraisal of
the very influential work of Tom Peters. This volume examines his key works and reviews his …