Re: HBR article

[John Dowd <jsdwd@ksc.th.com>]

Wayne Levin wrote:

> Perhaps someone from the WEDI would like to write to  the HBR to set 
> them
> straight! If not, I'm certainly prepared to.
Harvard Business Review is not to be taken seriously.  They do not have 
any editorial position that is discernible.

It is unfortunate, but also is reflective of the total lack of a 
theoretical basis for management as practiced in the U. S.  Havard 
Business School still teaches either information (accumulations of 
'facts') or by the case study method.  The case study method is not 
acceptable as an alternative to theory.

Teaching by the case study method is fraught with difficulty, logical 
and otherwise.  Anecdotal evidence is not considered acceptable in the 
scientifc community as it is not available to be tested, nor is the 
result of some test.  No theory provides a prediction, a theory or 
hypothesis is surmised after an event.  This is 'effect and cause' 
thinking and not prediction; at best it's explanation and usually 
inaccurate at that.

By all means write to HBR, I would think the more letters the better.  
To people who have the  "B" school mindset,  25 letters would be 
interpreted as a groundswell of opinion.

John Dowd
jsdwd@ksc.th.com