Citation
(2004), "Re-cycling is good!", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 53 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2004.07953daa.007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2004, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Re-cycling is good!
Like many of you I read quite a few “business books” – you know the kind, this latest technique will solve all your existing problems. Like many of you, also, I recognise the re-cycling of “old” (though not necessarily out of date) techniques. This re-cycling used to offend me: I thought that the old version did its job so there was no need to re-invent it. However, as I’ve got older and mellower, I regard it as simply re-branding, making old ideas accessible to a new generation of business improvers, who can feel the techniques are modern and of their own generation. The system seems to work, so why knock it?