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Is it really true that working longer hours makes more successful? Do you really need to hide your emotions in order to gain respect as a manager? Do you need to use a certain type of language if you want to be taken seriously?

The world of management is blighted by fads, fiction and falsehoods. In MYTHS OF MANAGEMENT, Stefan Stern and Cary Cooper take you on an entertaining journey through the most famous myths surrounding management. They debunk false assumptions, inject truth into over-simplifications and tackle damaging habits head on. With fascinating insights from psychology, leadership theory and organizational behavior, this book provides you with compelling and practical guidance to avoid falling into the trap of cliché, misinformation and prejudice. This engaging read offers you insights into the reality of work, drawn from extensive research and real-world business examples. Whether cheesy, native or destructive, management myths could be holding you back and stifling your team’s potential. MYTHS OF MANAGEMENT is the guide you need to become a better, more enlightened manager.

This guide provides a lively and accessible tour of the management thinking that has driven business change over the years and will continue to be influential. For managers everywhere, it will be an invaluable and entertaining source of reference.

PART ONE provides a clear overview of more than 100 ideas that have most influenced the management of business over the past century or so. As well as explaining each idea, it gives a brief run-down of the history behind it and lists suggestions for further reading.

PART TWO gives the low-down on more than 50 of world’s most influential management thinkers past and present. The majority are American – including what can be called the “Famous Five”: Peter Drucker, Douglas McGregor, Michael Porter, Alfred Sloan and Fredick Winslow Taylor – but more than 20 come from countries such as Britain, Japan, India, France and the Netherlands.