Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mushroom management

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The result of the debate was keep. NSLE _(T+C+CVU) 06:30, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mushroom management

No references. Seems like a neologism of dubious validity and utility. --Maru (talk) Contribs 06:40, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

no way. I use this neologism all the time. this is the kind of thing that happens all the time inside large organisations. Valter MEDINA

• This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. —Crypticbot (operator) 15:39, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep It's a well-known phrase The Mushroom Theory of Management is quoted in Tracy Kidder's excellent 1981 book The Soul Of A New Machine Dlyons493 Talk 17:26, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• Weak keep - it's not a neologism (any more) but I am not sure if it could be expanded much past a dicdef. FreplySpang (talk) 17:48, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• Rename to Mushroom theory of management, a more accurate and precise title. 147.70.242.21 20:07, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. This has been around for decades, but it's still just a joke. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 03:17, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep: This is not a neologism but is at least 20 years old. Further it illustrates a theory of management that some managers actually practice, an extension of the "need to know" policy of secrecy. Hu 04:25, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

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