Corporate Blunders

Amongst the blunderers featured are: Midland Bank - Lloyds of London - EuroDisney - Amstrad - Robert Maxwell - Gerald Ronson - Polly Peck - the Burton Group, and many more besides. John Shaw shows how and in what principal areas mistakes arise, and what sort of managers are likely to make them - the book is packed with examples and advice for the wary manager wishing to avoid following in their footsteps. Along the way he also explosdes the myth of the management guru - adept at dressing up old ideas in new clothes, and milking it for all it's worth ...