Introduction
The most common management errors are classified under 22 main headings
i) Thinking that Your Organisation and its Products/Services are "Bullet-proof"
ii) Unable to Handle the Unexpected/Uncertain/Highly Improbable/Unforeseen Consequences, ie chaos is part of life
iii) Not Understanding Organisational Culture (including behaviour of complex systems)
iv) Not Understanding Situational and Contextual Settings
v) Structural Inertia and Related Organisational Matters
vi) Lack of "Buy-in"/Ownership of the Change Agenda by Staff (especially the informal leaders)
vii) Not Understanding the Need for a Holistic and Multi-disciplinary Approach (including the Integration and Impact of Psychology and Neuroscience)
viii) Not Understanding the Importance of Timing
ix) Not Understanding the Balance between Intuitive and Analytical Approaches
x) Focusing More on Symptoms than Causes
xi) Measurement Perceptions
xii) Not Understanding the Importance of Stories
xiii) Not Reading Social Signals (body language) Correctly
xiv) Lack of
xv) Inappropriate Treatment of Change
xvi) Poor Negotiating Skills
xvii) Some Myths
xviii) Too Much Reliance on Technology
xix) Emotion, not knowledge, is the catalyst for change
xviii) Too Much Reliance on Technology
xix) Inverted U Concept
xx) Emotion, not knowledge, is the catalyst for change
xxi) Collective stupidity (intelligent people agree to stupid decisions, ie their thinking is shackled)
xxii) importance of luck