That was your question.

My answer is that it is because that there is no comprehensive, unifying management theory extant, and there never has been to date. We are in the state of alchemy in all of the social sciences, including management, meaning there is no science.

As a result, high priced management consultants move from one fad to another every few years, charging 7 and 8 figure fees to re invent companies or do MBOs, or zero based budgeting, or TQM, or Theory X, Y, or Z to emulate the Japanese miracle, or Sigma 6 or heaven knows what else.

Even the intuitively great managerial leaders can't explain how they do it so they can't pass on any knowledge (like the great player who can't explain how he did it).

We don't know anything about the nature of work in the employment society or the psychological underpinnings of people's ability to do work. We need definitions and measurement systems to employ resources effectively.

Someday we will figure this out, and when we do, most people will find fulfillment in their jobs instead of most people finding misery there.

End of counter rant.