The road to success is paved with failures. However, management needs to beware all the pitfalls that lie ahead and circumvent them as often as possible. There is no success without failures, but there are failures without success. So, watch it! This book can help unveiling the most frequent mistakes managers make and how to avoid them. The themes covered are: What is failure?, Authoritarism, Paternalism, Taylorism, The School of Human Relations 81, Quality circles, Total Quality, Reengineering, Vision, Mission, Values 125, Excellence, Production bonus 147, People are bad One has to control them, Motivation is through money, Massive layoffs, Competence in work, The problem of Lightness, The essential on Management