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As noted on one of the strategy pages, this page should be closely monitored for consultants passing themselves off as business theory gurus. Perhaps one of the tests should be some peer-reviewed article in a globally recognised theory-building academic journal? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.181.251.66 (talkcontribs) 30 May 2006.

Why does the list of Business Writers page forward to this list of business theorists? There are many important business writers of the last 10-20 years not listed here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mchwe (talkcontribs) 02:52, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I removed Deming as a Kaizen expert and added Masaaki Imai as such. Modern Kaizen concepts worldwide postdates Deming. In Deming´s page I didn´t find any references to Kaizen while Masaaki Imai makes it his main contribution to management, production and operations. Heck, he even wrote the book! cgl. --205.211.237.189 00:41, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Business theorist" undefined

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Note that in Wikipedia "business theorist" (or "business theory") is an undefined term. Without some definition or description, who is to say that, for example, prominence in quality control makes somebody "an important business theorist." Viz. Deming and Crosby, among others. -- Iterator12n Talk 12:56, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Harvard Business Review

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The Harvard Business Review asked 200 management gurus—the business thinkers most often mentioned in the media and management literature—who their gurus were. Below are their responses.

Eight mentions
Seven mentions
Six mentions
Five mentions
  • Paul Lawrence: Organizational researcher at Harvard Business School
Four mentions
Three mentions
  • Russell Ackoff: Operations and systems theorist at Wharton
  • Warren Bennis: Leadership theorist and writer at the University of Southern California
  • Ronald Coase: Nobel laureate economist at the University of Chicago
  • W. Edwards Deming (1900–1993): Statistician and quality consultant
  • Erving Goffman (1922–1982): Sociologist
  • Gary Hamel: Consultant and management writer
  • Jay Lorsch: Organizational researcher at Harvard Business School
  • Michael Porter: Professor of strategy and competitiveness at Harvard Business School
  • C.K. Prahalad: Management theorist at the University of Michigan
  • Jack Welch: Former CEO, General Electric
  • Oliver Williamson: Organizational economist at the University of California, Berkeley
Two mentions