Why management matters

Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith, Esq. has another dose of advice  about law firm management and the value it serves. He points out what he calls a "fatalistic" view of law firm financial performance espoused by some who suggest management doesn't really have that much influence over where firms are headed. He offers another viewpoint:

"Now, as loyal readers know, I'm a subscriber to the 'people make the times' not 'the times make people' theory of history (and of law firm  management), so this fatalistic view has always irritated and aroused me, but like the grain of sand that irritates the oyster, it's taken me awhile to lay down a pearlescent intellectual coating to rebut it.   Riding to my aid is McKinsey.

"Last year McKinsey and the Centre for Economic Performance, at the London School of Economics, looked at the relationship between management and performance in more than 700 midsize ..." 

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Posted by John Bringardner on March 14, 2006 at 05:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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