What Happens After Implementing Popular Management Concepts?

One of the ways managers carry out the work of an organization is through employing popular management concepts. But what happens when these concepts are employed, including how managers talk about and characterize the concepts, is not always well understood. These topics are examined in the article “How Managers Talk about their Consumption of Popular Management Concepts: Identity, Rules and Situations,” (British Journal of Management, September 2013). The authors are Hendrik Wilhelm (University of Cologne, Seminar for Business Administration, Corporate Development and Organization; Cologne, Germany) and Suleika Bort (University of Mannheim, Department of Strategic and International Management; Mannheim, Germany). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]