Comatose Management: Six Short Stories of Destructive Management Practices

Organizations, both large and small, are loaded with incompetent management and seem to continuously make poor business decisions because of beliefs that go unquestioned or unrecognized. If we take a moment and actually think about what we are doing and why we are doing it, we begin to realize our behaviors and beliefs are frequently causing exactly the opposite outcome of what we desire. This quick read has six short stories about companies of all sizes and types that constantly take ten steps forward and nine steps back. Scott R. Sheaffer will entertain you as he brings to light that the nine steps back are frequently the same nine steps. Reading these stories will illuminate some of the reasons for the inconsistent and incongruent behaviors of management. You will see all the companies you have ever worked for in these stories. Your conscious awareness will be jogged in a way that will enable you to make changes in yourself and your organization. This awareness will provide a competitive advantage for you and your company and become the impetus for change - for your employer, your management and you.