Comments on: Jeffrey Pfeffer in the Lion’s Den http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/03/31/jeffrey-pfeffer-in-the-lions-den/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:32:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: David Hoopes http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/03/31/jeffrey-pfeffer-in-the-lions-den/#comment-69966 David Hoopes Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:03:15 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1454#comment-69966 I was hoping Nicolai had played an April Fools joke on me. "Ha Ha Dave. As if JEP would ask Pfeffer to do this!" Blush joke's on me. But, no it's all true. Honestly, I resent the idea that academicians care more about people than business people do. I just don't see us as being paragons of virtue. And there are so many people that work in businesses generalizing seems pretty risky. Oh well. I was hoping Nicolai had played an April Fools joke on me. “Ha Ha Dave. As if JEP would ask Pfeffer to do this!” Blush joke’s on me.

But, no it’s all true.

Honestly, I resent the idea that academicians care more about people than business people do. I just don’t see us as being paragons of virtue. And there are so many people that work in businesses generalizing seems pretty risky.

Oh well.

]]> By: stevphel http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/03/31/jeffrey-pfeffer-in-the-lions-den/#comment-69964 stevphel Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:21:15 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1454#comment-69964 Ouch! Ouch!

]]> By: David Hoopes http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/03/31/jeffrey-pfeffer-in-the-lions-den/#comment-69953 David Hoopes Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:37:00 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1454#comment-69953 The funny thing about Pfeffer is that I bet he never had a real job. Granted, I've taken a highly unorthodox path from undergrad to my Ph.D.. But, I get tired of people fitting reality to their notions of how things should be. My point being, Pfeffer likes to complain and criticize others. Thus, he comes up with stuff to criticize and complain about. Even though he knows nothing about the world he discusses. I suppose if it came out that he was a great guy to have in the building. A warm and understanding mentor to junior faculty. If I knew that Jeff was respectful and courteous to the staff a Stanford Business School I would be willing to listen to him preach about how he cares more about American "workers" than the people that work with them do. As bad as business people can be at managing people, my experiences at UCLA, Purdue, Wharton, SMU, Kansas, and Cal State Dominguez Hills indicates that academics are terrible managers. Bad at planning. Bad at supervising. Bad at practicing what they preach. The funny thing about Pfeffer is that I bet he never had a real job. Granted, I’ve taken a highly unorthodox path from undergrad to my Ph.D.. But, I get tired of people fitting reality to their notions of how things should be. My point being, Pfeffer likes to complain and criticize others. Thus, he comes up with stuff to criticize and complain about. Even though he knows nothing about the world he discusses. I suppose if it came out that he was a great guy to have in the building. A warm and understanding mentor to junior faculty. If I knew that Jeff was respectful and courteous to the staff a Stanford Business School I would be willing to listen to him preach about how he cares more about American “workers” than the people that work with them do.

As bad as business people can be at managing people, my experiences at UCLA, Purdue, Wharton, SMU, Kansas, and Cal State Dominguez Hills indicates that academics are terrible managers. Bad at planning. Bad at supervising. Bad at practicing what they preach.

]]> By: Steve Phelan http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/03/31/jeffrey-pfeffer-in-the-lions-den/#comment-69950 Steve Phelan Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:43:57 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.wordpress.com/?p=1454#comment-69950 So what is your position, Nicolai? Is there money on the table or not? :-) So what is your position, Nicolai? Is there money on the table or not? :-)

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