McCabe, Darren (2011) Opening Pandora's box:the unintended consequences of Stephen Covey's Effectiveness Movement. Management Learning, 42 (2). pp. 183-197. ISSN 1350-5076
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A number of critics have analysed management guru 'texts' and their analysis suggests that we have much to fear from them. This article, by contrast, explores a customer service intervention in a UK bank that drew on 'some' of the ideas of the management guru, Stephen Covey. The article highlights that guru texts do not translate from the page to practice in an unproblematic way. This is because they must be interpreted and are filtered through existing social contexts. Second, the ideas are often flawed and third, they meet with resistance. The central argument is that management gurus are less powerful than many critics assume because neither gurus nor managers are able to control how their ideas are consumed.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Management Learning |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | change ; consumption ; gurus ; power ; resistance ; subjectivity |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Departments: | Lancaster University Management School > Organisation, Work & Technology |
| ID Code: | 55645 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 10 Jul 2012 11:39 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 20:41 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/55645 |
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