Goldilocks on Management: 27 Revisionists Fairy Tales for Serious Managers

by Thomas Mayer and Gloria Gilbert Mayer

Book Overview

Fairy tales have been handed down from generation to generation, from culture to culture. This volume creates a whole new audience for these magical, entertaining tales - businesspeople. It revises... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814404812
• ISBN13: 9780814404812
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Amacom
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

At last....

...someone understood that the most serious things are better said while joking!!!!! I've read quite a few books that support humour as a powerful means of education, leadership, etc. but none of them actually took their own advice. We all know that simplicity is the best, most effective way to do things. At the same time it is the most dificult, so we usually hide our ignorance (smatter actually) behind fancy terms, long sentences nobody understands, and extremely 'serious' titles. I guess the authors of this book not only know what they are talking about but are very intelligent people as well. Thank you Gloria Mayer and Thomas Mayer for giving me the pleasure of reading your book. Btw, I loved the title "Implications for Serious Managers"... That was a good one!!

finally-interesting and valuable

Goldilocks is finally an ibnteresting and entertaining management book with a really good message. Comnbining the modernized fictional stories with an understandable real business case type message reinforcing the story is unique.this is well worth reading for business/management joriented people, or those who would like to become more so.!

A Modern Classic - Funny & Informative

Oldilocks On Management is destine to be a modern classic of business literature. The Mayers have an uncanny touch to combine humor and insight while they interlace modern managment precepts around 27 classicfary tales. A wonderfully entertaining book that leaves you laughing and astonished at hom much you have learned - while laughing at each new story.Move over Lying With Statistics, Oldilocks is here to claim the title ofthe best business read!

Business through fairy tales - WHAT A CONCEPT!!!

Who would have known that everything I needed to know about business I learned before kindergarten? I caught a review of "Goldilocks on Management" in an airline magazine last week. Fortunately, I was able to pick up a copy on a layover. I was amazed to see some of the very foundations of business management revealed throught children's stories . . . stories that I have known for as long as I can remember. Now, through this unique twist on classic tales, I have a new and more complete understanding of what goes on in my office, the boardroom and beyond.

If only all management books were this cool . . .

As a first-year MBA student, my reading can get a little dry. My mother suggested this book as a fun and easy way to study the big issues. There are fairy tales that cover my marketing material, others for operations, management and technology. It's awesome and will be especially helpful at exam time. Thanks, mom.