The Halo Effect: and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (621 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743291255 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Comments to the author can be sent to Phil@the-halo-effect.Visit the-halo-effect to download a user's guide to The Halo Effect for your company or classroom, or to join a discussion forum about delusions in the business world. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and spent six years on the faculty of Harvard Business School. He is a nat
Wonderful Addition to Any Manager’s Bookshelf Brad A. Clark The Halo Effect: and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers by Phil Rosenzweig and published in 2007 by Free Press is a business management book critical of much popular thinking in the business world related to what makes a company successful. The title is taken from the term coined by the psychologist Edward Thorndike regarding cognitive biases where a person’s overall opinions are formed by a narrow range of data.Rosenzweig outlines nine delusions often perpetuated in the business world via popular books and journalism. He argues t. the author discusses eight “delusions” that are often at the root of poor analysis. It is a fact that the business We are a group of three MBA students who read this book and are giving this review as a part of a class assignment. We chose the Halo Effect because the class we are taking is on Strategic Business Analysis and the Halo Effect seemed likely to present some interesting ways to interpret traditional business analyses.This book is essentially the observations of the author on how analysts, including those writing for business magazines and many business management books, fail to see through the biases (halos) created by a business’ financial success or fai. Good to Great… it seems like every few years a Paul “What leads to high performance in business?”This seemingly simple question is the basis of all business theory. It has sprouted an entire industry of managerial books, each promising an answer and implying that by following some basic rules, any manager can make their business succeed. We know the names: In Search of Excellence, Built to Last, What Really Works, Good to Great… it seems like every few years a new blockbuster book takes the management field by storm. And yet despite the praise, despite all of the research, why do companies s
Why do some companies prosper while others fail? Despite great amounts of research, many of the studies that claim to pin down the secret of success are based in pseudoscience. The Halo Effect describes the tendency of experts to point to the high financial performance of a successful company and then spread its golden glow to all of the company's attributes - clear strategy, strong values, and brilliant leadership. Rosenzweig also suggests a more accurate way to think about leading a company, a robust and clearheaded approach that can save any business from ultimate failure.. In this irreverent and witty book, the author shows readers how to truly understand business performance. The Halo Effect is the outcome of that pseudoscience, a myth that Philip Rosenzweig masterfully debunks in THE HALO EFFECT. Readers will learn about the Delusion of Single Explanations, the Delusion of Absolute Performance, the Delusion of the Wrong End of the Stick, and other fantasies lovingly held by managers that ultimately destroy business success. But in fact, as Rosenzweig clearly illustrates, the experts are not just wrong, but deluded
Consultants, journalists and other pundits tap scientifically suspect methods to produce what he calls "business delusions": deeply flawed and widely held assumptions tainted by the "halo effect," or the need to attribute sweeping positive qualities to any company that has achieved success. (Feb. Following these delusions might provide managers with a comforting story that helps them frame their actions, but it also leads them to gross simplification and to ignore the constant demands of changing technologies, markets, customers and situations. All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly This tart takedown of fashionable management theories is a refreshing antidote to the glut of simplistic books about achieving high performance. Rosenzweig, a veteran business m