Newspaper Article

Management Citadel Rocked by Unruliness

Cowan, Alison Leigh

1991

Overview

\"Yes, there's been heat within the organization,\" said William A. Sahlman, a professor who oversees the business school's publishing activities, including the Review. \"Yes, certain people have left. Yes, there have been communications. Was it unresolvable? Was it something people were going to throw their hands up and give up on? No. The fundamental premise was '[Rosabeth Moss Kanter] is the person.' \" \"There is a very important role that everybody at the school thinks Rosabeth ought to play,\" he continued. \"She's exactly the kind of person you'd like to have on H.B.R. because she's extremely bright, articulate, well known and insightful in what I would call methods of management, entrepreneurial behavior and managing diversity. If you line up Rosabeth's area of expertise with the things you'd hope a magazine focused on management issues ought to have, she's it.\" Healthy Finances \"It's surprising that someone like her, who could tell you how to manage people, can't do it,\" said Lynn M. Salerno, an editor at the Review under Professor Kanter's three predecessors. \"Here's this person who wrote 'When Giants Learn to Dance' and she can't run this little place with about 30 employees, and the place practically runs itself.\"

• Publisher: New York Times Company
• Subject: COWAN, ALISON LEIGH / KANTER, ROSABETH MOSS (PROF)