To 'turn Around' Is To End Up

Most Of The Time, Strategies Should Not Be Formulating Strategy At All; They Should Be Getting On With Implementing Strategies They Already Have.

Basically, Managing Is About Influencing Action. Managing Is About Helping Organizations And Units To Get Things Done, Which Means Action. Sometimes, Managers Manage Actions Directly. They Fight Fires. They Manage Projects. They Negotiate Contracts.

Corporations Are Economic Entities, To Be Sure, But They Are Also Social Institutions That Must Justify Their Existence By Their Overall Contribution To Society.

Strategic Planning Is Not Strategic Thinking. Indeed, Strategic Planning Often Spoils Strategic Thinking, Causing Managers To Confuse Real Vision With The Manipulation Of Numbers.

Management Is A Curious Phenomenon. It Is Generously Paid, Enormously Influential, And Significantly Devoid Of Common Sense