The Gurus of Management

Every manager has their own principles of running an organisation and managing employees. Some of their ideas might be similar to others, whilst different managers believe that it is important to use alternative approaches to thrive; therefore, the purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the perceptions of Tom Peters, Sumantra Ghoshal and Rosabeth Moss Kante. They are three of the twelve Gurus of Management presented by BBC English and Charles Handy, for providing useful and alternative ideas for companies when setting their goals, dealing with employees and understanding the function of a corporation in a society as a whole.

Tom Peters (1942, Baltimore – USA) is a writer on business management practices who says he has contributed to management thinking by making it accessible to every manager (Jacobs, 2010). He has written seven books along his career, rooting his ideas in everyday experiences. Peters believes that in the next twenty years or so, 90 percent of jobs are likely to be entirely altered or eliminated, as nowadays, the success of individuals depends upon brain power and curiosity, therefore the self-managed development of the human being in a company becomes vital. In turn, the company becomes the instrument responsible for encouraging the individual’s growth.

On the other hand, the main idea of Sumantra Ghoshal is that every single company has its own atmosphere, so called by him the “springtime theory”. In brief, he believed that the mission of the management was to transform the Calcutta atmosphere into Fontainebleau atmosphere, as usually compared during his lectures and seminars. Go through the door of any business, he would say, and you can tell whether it is Calcutta or Fontainebleau. A manager's task ...

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...n turn, they must get satisfaction from the results of their work and keep a high dose of modesty.

It is made very clear by all Gurus of Management how important is to take into consideration every aspect of an organisation. They all have different points of view, whereas one of them believes that the issue of a modern company relates to the way that the job positions are constantly changing, the other believes that the atmosphere of the company is the crucial point of progress. Above all, they all claim for a change in the way that managers are managing, as they believe that the middle management is holding companies back and should be left behind. In turn, individuals should be able to work on their own, which consequently would give people more satisfaction from their job, increasing cooperation and innovation, therefore setting the company in the way of success.