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
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.
The strategy must not present mutually inconsistent goals and policies. Henry Mintzberg
The strategy must not present mutually inconsistent goals and policies.
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.
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 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.
Now leadership as well as organization becomes subordinate to the external environment. Indeed, as we have moved through the various schools, the power of the central strategist has gradually diminished. Henry Mintzberg
Now leadership as well as organization becomes subordinate to the external environment. Indeed, as we have moved through the various schools, the power of the central strategist has gradually diminished.
Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing. Henry Mintzberg
Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing.
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.
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.
Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it. Henry Mintzberg
Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.
To be successful, a company should have a portfolio of products with different growth rates and different market shares. The portfolio composition is a function of the balance between cash flows. Henry Mintzberg
To be successful, a company should have a portfolio of products with different growth rates and different market shares. The portfolio composition is a function of the balance between cash flows.
Creativity thrives on inconsistency-by finding new combinations of hitherto separate phenomena. Henry Mintzberg
Creativity thrives on inconsistency-by finding new combinations of hitherto separate phenomena.
