Henry Mintzberg, was born on September 2, 1939. He is an internationally renowned academic and author on business and management. He is currently the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty o...
Henry Mintzberg Leadership
Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet. Henry Mintzberg
Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet.
Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing. Henry Mintzberg
Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing.
Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition. Henry Mintzberg
Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition.
Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point. Henry Mintzberg
Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.
The strategy must not present mutually inconsistent goals and policies. Henry Mintzberg
The strategy must not present mutually inconsistent goals and policies.
The strategy must represent an adaptive response to the external environment and to the critical changes occurring within it. Henry Mintzberg
The strategy must represent an adaptive response to the external environment and to the critical changes occurring within it.
Thus strategic intent sets general direction, defines emerging market opportunities, and provides a rallying cry for employees. Boisot sees particular value in this concept in situations of environmental uncertainty. Henry Mintzberg
Thus strategic intent sets general direction, defines emerging market opportunities, and provides a rallying cry for employees. Boisot sees particular value in this concept in situations of environmental uncertainty.
Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it. Henry Mintzberg
Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.
Strategy formation is shaped by power and politics, whether as a process inside the organization or as the behavior of the organization it- self in its external environment. Henry Mintzberg
Strategy formation is shaped by power and politics, whether as a process inside the organization or as the behavior of the organization it- self in its external environment.
The strategy must provide for the creation and/or maintenance of a competitive advantage in the selected area of activity. Henry Mintzberg
The strategy must provide for the creation and/or maintenance of a competitive advantage in the selected area of activity.
. . . successful managers who operate with logical incrementalism build the seeds of understanding, identity, and commitment into the very processes that create their strategies. Henry Mintzberg
. . . successful managers who operate with logical incrementalism build the seeds of understanding, identity, and commitment into the very processes that create their strategies.
When the world changes, managers need to share some common view of the new world. Otherwise, decentralized strategic decisions will result in management anarchy. Henry Mintzberg
When the world changes, managers need to share some common view of the new world. Otherwise, decentralized strategic decisions will result in management anarchy.
