Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas

Re:Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas by wpietri on Sunday December 18, 2016 @12:48AM (#13204553)

Yeah, I don't know much about Amazon's internals. I'm pointing more at the way analysts have been saying for 15 years that Bezos isn't focused enough on quarterly profits, isn't returning enough to the shareholders, invests too much in long-term pipe dreams. But Kindle, AWS, and Prime have turned out to be giant competitive advantages.

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Re:Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas by aserafini on Sunday December 18, 2016 @07:37AM (#13205589)

They're not a good example because Amazon is full of MBAs at the middle management and even individual contributor level.

But I agree with the general point that 'conventional' business wisdom might not lead you to Amazon's strategy.

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Re:Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas by wpietri on Wednesday December 21, 2016 @11:57AM (#13230610)

Thanks for the correction.

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