SteveJ-restore-test

Is my opinion "Forget the Best, Embrace the Rest" over the top, reactionary and irrelevant nonsense? The State of Practice is beyond criticism - because there is no useful information on it. Here are 3 questions to ask of Management theory & thought: Exactly why "Management is Hard"? What are the tasks of Management? i.e. a formal & unequivocal model of the dimensions of action and decision, resources & information required and skills/capability required of individuals and teams. How to quantify the performance of individual Managers and the Management Team? These are fundamental questions and should at least be definitively outlined in any introductory text or course - but aren't. Which begs the question: Why aren't they addressed? Either I'm completely off-track & uniformed or have outlined something of merit. If this viewpoint is of merit, What then?

Forget the best, embrace the rest. It appears to me that 'Homo Corporatus ' (the 'management classes') rejects, seemingly actively, the need for maintaining "Lessons Learned" and adopting in practice the best theories & principles known. The Operant Methodology seems to be: Forget the best, embrace the rest . This isn't a little or accidental. It's endemic and universal. Look to General Management: Has day-to-day management improved in the last century or two? What about over the last two millennia? Did the Roman Empire/Army do much worse? The real changes, like OH&S, Superannuation (Pensions), Recreation & Long-Service Leave, Overtime and Penalties, and 40 hour weeks, are those that are enforced by law. The same observations apply to Project Management, especially within my field I.T. and I.S, but without any legal backing. Can you name just two proven, established Management theories or systems that have become entrenched and established ...