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
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.
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.
Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it. Henry Mintzberg
Leadership, like swimming, cannot be learned by reading about it.
Leadership is a sacred trust earned from the respect of those. Henry Mintzberg
Leadership is a sacred trust earned from the respect of those.
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.
Always be objective, which means to treat people as objects (in particular, hire and fire employees the way you buy and sell machines-everything is a "portfolio"). Henry Mintzberg
Always be objective, which means to treat people as objects (in particular, hire and fire employees the way you buy and sell machines-everything is a "portfolio").
Macro power sees the organization as promoting its own welfare by controlling or cooperating with other organizations. through the use of strategic maneuvering as well as collective strategies in various kinds of networks and alliances. Henry Mintzberg
Macro power sees the organization as promoting its own welfare by controlling or cooperating with other organizations. through the use of strategic maneuvering as well as collective strategies in various kinds of networks and alliances.
The strategies that may result fiom such a process tend to be emergent, and take the form ofpositions and ploys more than perspectives. Henry Mintzberg
The strategies that may result fiom such a process tend to be emergent, and take the form ofpositions and ploys more than perspectives.
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.
Collaboration is competition in a different form. Successful companies never forget that their new partners may be out to disarm them. They enter alliances with clear strategic objectives, and they also understand how their partners' objectives will Henry Mintzberg
Collaboration is competition in a different form. Successful companies never forget that their new partners may be out to disarm them. They enter alliances with clear strategic objectives, and they also understand how their partners' objectives will