A Little Book of f-Laws: 13 Common Sins of Management by Russell Ackoff, Herbert Addison & Sally Bibb (published 9 November 2006).
Witty, ironic and deliciously un-PC, f-Laws are the hard truths about office life we'd rather ignore. Devised by Wharton emeritus professor Russell Ackoff, now in his 80s, A Little Book of f-Laws both challenges and confirms the orthodoxy of current management thinking. It will strike a chord with anyone who has ever worked in an organisation – whether it is an office, church, school or prison! Crucially, it asks: can management and employees ever work together in harmony to create the mythical 'best organisation'? Or is your office 'The Office'?
In response, award-winning writer and senior executive at the Economist group, Sally Bibb gives her own choice observations on life in the modern organisation. The result is a concise and engaged dialogue between three of the most original thinkers in business today across two generations, two continents and the two sexes.
f-Law: A bureaucrat is one who has the power to say 'no' but none to say 'yes'.
A Little Book of F-Laws: 13 Common Sins of Management is a teaser for the forthcoming Management F-Laws: How organisations really work, which comprises more than 70 f-Laws (published by Triarchy Press on 24 January 2007).
You can read the Little Book of F-Laws e-book at the preview site www.f-laws.com/preview. The main site, www.f-laws.com, goes live on publication day, 9th November. If you like the book, please feel free to put a link to the e-book on your site.
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About Me
- Chetan Dhruve
- I'm the author of the book, "Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator". The book examines boss behaviour through the lens of Systems Thinking (you can find out more on my personal website, cvdhruve.com). I've worked for a variety of large organisations such as Cisco, IBM and the British Civil Service (Department for International Development, which is the aid wing of the Foreign Office). I have an MBA from Cass Business School in London, an MA in international journalism from City University (London) and a Bachelors in Physics, Electronics and Maths from Bangalore University (Bangalore).