Abstract
The modern manager is spoilt for choice when it comes to advice on how to do a better job. The morning snail mail is often bursting with publishers’ blurbs on the latest ‘must have’ blockbuster management book, which offers a new miracle cure for the intractable problems of management. The email also now bombards us with books, conferences, seminars and workshops on the latest, state-of-the-art thinking in management.
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Furnham, A. (2004). Introduction. In: Management and Myths. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403990037_1
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