Ben,
You ask, "First, we need to ask ourselves: Why have other management fads
(I'd prefer to call them "management practices" proven ineffective?"
I like the question, and I like your answers. Here are a few additional
possibilities I can think of:
* The authors don't describe (and perhaps aren't aware of) the millions of
tiny, mid-course corrections that went into their successes.
* The authors are mistaken about what led to their successes.
* The authors and practitioners are unaware of some critical conditions
that lead the practice to work in some places and not in others.
* The management practice was much more effective in places where the
people practicing it had a hand in developing it.
Dale
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