Management Mumbo-Jumbo : A Skeptics' Dictionary

Bestselling author and psychologist Adrian Furnham takes a critical and challenging view of the jargon and current fads in management contained in manifestos, mantras and mission statements and shows how these often obscure and mystify. In this latest book he turns his skeptical attention to such topics as atmospherics, blame culture, compulsory training, fundamentalist gurus, integrity tests, networming, personality of organizations, and uncertainty avoidance. Ability and Ambition * Above the Line * All Interventions are Equally Effective * Atmospherics * Awards, Citations and Gongs * Blame Culture * Breaking Bad News * Bright Boss * Casuistry, Sopistry and Spin * Choosing Management Courses * Compulsory Training * Correcting Cockups * Curse of Perfectionism * Damned if you do ... and if you don't * Dom and Sub * Energy at Work * Engagement to Divorce * Evangelists at Work * Everyone is a Winner * Family Business * From Private to Public * Fundamentalist Gurus * Gullible Executive * How not to use Consultants * Human Remains * Incommunicado * Incubation Period * Inoculating the Workforce * Integrity Tests * Job Fit in Plain Speak * Living in Sweden * Managing the Post Materialist Employee * Management Psychiatry * Money as a Motivator * Nepotism, Corruption and Incompetence * Networming * Nyet: Stopping Progress * Odd Places: University Management * Orality at Work * Organisational Defence Mechanisms * Passive Aggressive Bureaucrats * Personality of Organisations * Professional Recruiters * Protecting your Legacy * Psychological MOT * Rank Sensitivity * Recruitment to Betrayal * Rock and a Hard Place * Seeking the Saviour * Shift Work * Space Exploration * Specialists and Generalists * Speeches, Sermons and Seminar Presentations * Striking a Balance * Task and the Process * Telephone Tell-Tales * Titular Realities * Trust at Work * Uncertainty Avoidance * Understanding Understatement * Why Would Anyone Want to Work for You? * Workplace Spirituality * Conclusion Ability and Ambition * Above the Line * All Interventions are Equally Effective * Atmospherics * Awards, Citations and Gongs * Blame Culture * Breaking Bad News * Bright Boss * Casuistry, Sopistry and Spin * Choosing Management Courses * Compulsory Training * Correcting Cockups * Curse of Perfectionism * Damned if you do ... and if you don't * Dom and Sub * Energy at Work * Engagement to Divorce * Evangelists at Work * Everyone is a Winner * Family Business * From Private to Public * Fundamentalist Gurus * Gullible Executive * How not to use Consultants * Human Remains * Incommunicado * Incubation Period * Inoculating the Workforce * Integrity Tests * Job Fit in Plain Speak * Living in Sweden * Managing the Post Materialist Employee * Management Psychiatry * Money as a Motivator * Nepotism, Corruption and Incompetence * Networming * Nyet: Stopping Progress * Odd Places: University Management * Orality at Work * Organisational Defence Mechanisms * Passive Aggressive Bureaucrats * Personality of Organisations * Professional Recruiters * Protecting your Legacy * Psychological MOT * Rank Sensitivity * Recruitment to Betrayal * Rock and a Hard Place * Seeking the Saviour * Shift Work * Space Exploration * Specialists and Generalists * Speeches, Sermons and Seminar Presentations * Striking a Balance * Task and the Process * Telephone Tell-Tales * Titular Realities * Trust at Work * Uncertainty Avoidance * Understanding Understatement * Why Would Anyone Want to Work for You? * Workplace Spirituality * Conclusion "Best-selling author and psychologist, Adrian Furnham, takes a critical and challenging view of the jargon and current fads in management contained in manifestos, mantras and mission statements, and shows how these often obscure and mystify. In his latest book he turns his skeptical attention to such topics as atmospherics, blame culture, compulsory training, fundamentalist gurus, integrity test, networking, personality of organizations and uncertainty avoidance."--Jacket. Bestselling author and psychologist, Adrian Furnham, takes a critical view of the jargon and fads in management contained in manifestos and mission statements and shows how these often obscure and mystify. He considers atmospherics, compulsory training, fundamentalist gurus, integrity tests, personality of organizations and uncertainty avoidance. Takes a critical view of the jargon and fads in management contained in manifestos, mantras and mission statements and shows how these often obscure and mystify. This book turns attention to such topics as atmospherics, blame culture, compulsory training, fundamentalist gurus, integrity tests, networming, and personality of organizations