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Management by Common Sense Is Not Management at All

She knows what her responsibilities are but she just can’t seem to get the job done—she has absolutely no common sense.

Most of our organizational problems can be solved by applying a little common sense.

You’ll catch on, it’s just common sense.

If you had any common sense at all, you would have known that wouldn’t work.

I’m on a crusade to stamp out the use of common sense in business. Contrary to popular belief, there isn’t too little common sense in business—there’s too much.

Webster defines common sense as “the unreflective opinions of ordinary people.” Can organizations survive on management strategies based on the unreflective opinions of its leaders? No! Unreflective opinions are ...