Will Management Ideas Ever Rule Management

After 100 years of establishment of International Labor Organization, I think there is no doubt that trade union movement- collective bargaining helped improve the life of workers, created the middle class, which helped the economy to grow by sharing the gains of productivity. And reduce inequality, thereby advancing social justice. One may say this the things of the past- it is no longer an issue in the gig economy as everybody is empowered to make his life better, and there is an abundant opportunity. Let us take stock of the situation from past to present. The new volume of ILO indicates that higher the percentage of employees collectively determined wages lower is inequality, and the opposite is also true. In other words, fewer workers are covered by collective bargaining higher is inequality. One of the reasons that helped the world to recover from great depression is not by chance. It is through the intention of the public policy that encouraged collective bargaining. Whil...

The title is a very old one, nothing new - but reexamining with new evidence is worth considering again. Wallace Donham who introduced the case method in HBS in 1920 realized after some time that ," it was too indifferent to larger societal ills, too insensitive to the labor market, and thus to economic prosperity and equality among workers". In other words, the creator realized the limits of his creation. But today's management educators, particularly in India, understand Donhamism more than Donham. Of course, it is not an exception the same thing applies to Marxism- some Marxist know Marxism better than Marx. During two years, a Harvard MBA student study, analyze and discuss about 500 cases. And revenue from selling a case study is a major source of earning for HBS. Credit goes to HBS to create a class in which business school across the world desire to belong. There are some schools where you have to use HBR cases whether as a faculty you like it or no...