Alfred Nobel helped build an industrial empire. While Nobel’s bequest established prizes that commemorate his love of literature and science, it seems unlikely he would ever have considered rewarding managers in the same way, except perhaps to encourage them to do the dull managerial jobs he hated. Any would-be management prize-winner would have to demonstrate mastery of what the late Jim March, the Stanford sociologist, described as the “plumbing” and the “poetry” of effective leadership — that elusive combination of practical organisational skills and vision. Read More...
Alfred Nobel helped build an industrial empire. While Nobel’s bequest established prizes that commemorate his love of literature and science, it seems unlikely he would ever have considered rewarding managers in the same way, except perhaps to encourage them to do the dull managerial jobs he hated. Any would-be management prize-winner would have to demonstrate mastery of what the late Jim March, the Stanford sociologist, described as the “plumbing” and the “poetry” of effective leadership — that elusive combination of practical organisational skills and vision.
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