Management Malpractice: How to Cure Unhealthy Management Practices That Disable Your Organization

by Craig R. Hickman and Craig Hickman

Cynicism and distrust are rampant in today's business environment. Eighty percent of employees want nothing to do with their organizations, or the managers who run them. Great management principles,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593373503
• ISBN13: 9781593373504
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Platinum Press Inc.
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A Vitally Important Message

The basic message of this book, which is that most management teams actively and repeatedly abuse their power, needs to be broadcast and discussed openly by people in organizations everywhere. The fact that it's not, disturbs me greatly!

Excellent Book

I enjoyed this book a lot. At the end of each chapter, the author lists 4 or 5 best practices for avoiding/ending the malpractice of whichever management principle is being discussed in that chapter. These best practices are some of the best suggestions/ideas I have come across. This book is an important read for executives and managers, but equally useful for line staff.

Relevant book for today's business climate

This book is extremely relevant to today's business environment. I thought Craig Hickman's take was very unique; not at all the usual fare. He argues that the biggest problem facing organizations is the devolvement of noble management principles. Every corporation woud likely claim that they abide by the 25 management principles Hickman discusses (i.e. Respect Others, Challenge Assumptions, Create Trust, Eliminate Organizational Barriers, etc.), but how many of them actually do? The biggest problem isn't a lack of noble management principles, it is the rampant abuse of already existing ones. This devolvement, if left unchecked, could be what we pass on to the next generation.

Incredibly Insightful

After reading this book, I decided to stand up against the management malpractice going on in my organization. Thanks to Hickman's persuasive style and dead-on insights, I realized that I don't have to put up with the nonsense that goes on in my organization. This book has given me a number of ideas that I've already started to implement. One way or another, the management malpractice in my organization is going to get exposed. I've had enough. The website that goes along with this book is fantastic and very helpful.

Excellent Book

This is a very insightful book about what happens to noble management principles when they are preached but not practiced. The layout really facilitates the understanding too. Each chapter starts out with a fictitious scenario that captures (very well, I might add) the management principle in question and then discusses it at length. Each chapter describes how a given management principle can devolve into malpractice. But unlike many management books, this one doesn't stop there. Hickman actually offers up solutions and prescribes remedies for such devolvement at the end of each and every chapter. What's more is that they are very practical, reasonable, and fairly simple prescriptions...with explanations of how and why making this or that change can really make a difference. I recommend it highly. I also highly recommmend the accompanying website [...] It is very cool and provides a lot of resources and opportunities for exposing management malpractice.