Football is indeed the quintessential model for modern talent-dependent business. Football managers are always needed to solve the dilemma of managing people on how to most effectively manage talent. However, talent alone is not enough. In an early example of English football in 1930, according to Herbert Chapman's Arsenal, the task manager is to use that talent to "organize a victory." Countless examples can be cited from the history of the game of football, where clubs and national teams fielding range of what is considered to be the best and, therefore, the most expensive paid talent in the game at that time failed to live up to expectations. Unlike other examples of football can bring, where a team of average quality, the average cost of talent always loses more illustrious rivals. In most cases, the difference may be due to the absence or presence of an effective manager. "Hide
by Chris Brady, David Bolchover, Brian Sturgess Source: California Management Review 21 pages. Publication Date: September 1, 2008. Prod. #: CMR403-PDF-ENG