The New St. Gallen Management Model

Toward the end of this book, author Johannes Rüegg-Stürm reveals that the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland was once the site of a monastery. So perhaps it makes sense to wonder if a mood of monastic isolation explains the downside of the St. Gallen Management Model, which is that it sometimes seems cloistered safely away from the quotidian din of the business skirmishes outside its walls. Nevertheless, this well-written theoretical work presents a useful system of analyzing corporate structures, and Rüegg-Stürm illustrates his ideas with excellent and colorful charts. getAbstract.com believes that intellectually curious and imaginative CEOs may find concepts here that are relevant to their businesses, although since the book is highly theoretical, it may appeal primarily to those with a hearty appetite for the academic view.