Management: field experiments. Lapin A.

- “When you want to split the egg, beat it outside. And the trust can be broken only from the inside, ”said the hero of O. Genry, the noble crook Jeff Peters. And he was right. If we exclude cases of purposeful defeat of the organization from the outside with the help of raiders, firefighters, tax and other respected structures, for the most part the organization is engaged in self -destruction. In this regard, they are similar to a person who knows what is the right lifestyle (that is, theory) and acts exactly the opposite - in practice, and then attracts doctors (consultants) or healers (other advisers) who try to cure him.

how and why this happens, what is the difference between the theory and practice, and how to overcome the abyss between them? The book is trying to answer this question. Written by a living language, on the basis of real situations that are almost daily in those and other options, the leaders of all levels solve, the book leads you through the whole field of managerial problems. The authors do not claim. The fact that the vision they propose is a complete and comprehensive scientific theory or a description of typical situations equally manifested in all organizations. On the contrary, they emphasize the uniqueness of each organization, similarity, but at the same time deeply distinguishing between the problems being solved.

The original conclusion proposed by the authors - get away from the blind use of managerial models and “best practices”. Study the theory in order to create your own management theory for a particular organization - only then you will be successful as a leader.

A controversial, slightly shocking, but original book, sharply different from traditional literature on management issues.