Talk:Burton Nanus

Call for input
I am a student of strategic management - hope I can get other students to help me beef up the content. I'm thinking of - at minimum - a summary of the themes offered in Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge that he co-authored with Warren Bennis. TheNewGuy (talk) 03:30, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedily deleted because... The information provided is of general information, available from multiple sources, properly cited, and of general knowledge on the person of the subject. It is therefore, not a violation of any copyright. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.74.204.83 (talk) 03:14, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

I also contest deletion. I believe that this article can be rehabilitated to conform with Wikipedia standards. I was hoping to start that process soon. Note that the subject, Burton Nanus, has been a leading figure in the early development of many management concepts that have gone into mainstream practice. Co-authored a key leadership/management book with Warren Bennis - still valid and discussed in high-level business academics. I suspect that the same person who wrote the SpeakerPedia posted identical text here - so while the claim of infringement is valid, it can be rectified with original text that contains citations, which I am willing to do. Ray Wyman Jr (talk) 04:22, 8 October 2013 (UTC)


 * UPDATE - I contacted associates of mine at Marshall School of Business @ USC. They are gearing up resources to help me rescue Burt Nanus' wikipedia article. First off - Nanus is retired. No commercial interests. However, his life's work touches other major developers of modern management like Douglas McGregor, Warren Bennis, and Peter Drucker. I have also found quite a few citable sources to establish his prominence in the business management field. I noticed that other editors have also joined in. I hope I can keep up. Ray Wyman Jr (talk) 13:40, 8 October 2013 (UTC)