Business Bullshit

by Andre Spicer

Richard Lyddon (Narrator)

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Our organizations are flooded with empty talk. We are constantly "going forward" to lands of "deliverables", stopping off on the "journey" to "drill down" into "best practice". Being an expert at using management speak has become more important in corporate life than delivering long lasting results. The upshot is that meaningless corporate jargon is killing our organizations. In this book, management scholar the author argues we need to call this empty talk what it is: bullshit. The book looks at how organizations have become vast machines for manufacturing, distributing and consuming bullshit. It follows how the meaningless language of management has spread through schools, NGOs, politics and the media. Business Bullshit shows you how to spot business bullshit, considers why it is so popular, and outlines the impact it has on organizations and the people who work there. It also outlines what we can do to minimise bullshit at work. The author makes a case for why organizations need to avoid empty talk and reconnect with core activities.
  • ISBN10 1003012310
  • ISBN13 9781003012313
  • Publish Date 30 January 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Edition Unabridged edition
  • Format Audiobook (CD)
  • Duration 7 hours and 48 minutes
  • Language English