Organizations & Policy

And we thought the opinion of management consultants in the U.S. was low.  From across the pond comes an article in The Times on the evil of consultan…

Yesterday the Management Issues blog posted an article by Neil Cassie titled The New Language of Leadership.  Typically I would stop at the title, as…

Earlier this month we told you about the duel at NAM, where the NAM executive committee voted against the wishes of the majority of its membership to…

We've taken Jim Womack to task a few times in the past, but today's edition of his regular email missive is right on the money.  Of course he…

The 2006 annual conference of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence just wrapped up in Dallas.  This was another record-setting conference, wit…

Regular readers know that we have a friendly (well, usually...) rivalry with the National Association of Manufacturers.  NAM focuses on the regulatory…

I was thrilled this morning when I learned that a banker, Muhammad Yunus, had unexpectedly won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.  He isn't just any ban…

Last July we told you about a duel at NAM, where the Hunter/Ryan bill divided the larger "manufacturers" (primarily outsourcers) and the sma…