Management is a practice that runs on ideas. Unfortunately, ideas that organizations must constantly change are prevalent. This can easily lead to junky ‘Fast Management’: management that is change-obsessed, attention-starved and over-hyped; that binges on mass-produced ideas; and that lacks substance. Inspired by the Slow Food Movement, this paper develops a more wholesome alternative. Slow Management is about doing less, but better management that is more thoughtful and less flashy. It emphasizes the context-specific and craft-based dimension of managerial work; the necessity of industry-specific, non-transferable competence; and the long-term and commitment-dependent nature of substantive organizational improvement and innovation.

管理是一种基于想法的实践。不幸的是，组织必须不断变化的想法很普遍。这很容易导致垃圾的“快速管理”：痴迷于变更，关注不足和过度宣传的管理；对大量产生的想法大加抨击；缺乏实质性。受到“慢食运动”的启发，本文提出了一种更有益于健康的选择。慢速管理意味着减少工作量，但更好的管理则需要更多的考虑和减少浮躁。它强调了管理工作的因地制宜和基于工艺的方面；特定行业的不可转让能力的必要性；以及实质性组织改进和创新的长期性和依赖承诺的性质。