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
Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing. Henry Mintzberg
Corporations are social institutions. If they don't serve society, they have no business existing.
The strategy must not present mutually inconsistent goals and policies. Henry Mintzberg
The strategy must not present mutually inconsistent goals and policies.
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 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.
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.
Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing. Henry Mintzberg
Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing.
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.
The main role of strategy is to chart the course of an organization in order for it to sail cohesively through its environment. Henry Mintzberg
The main role of strategy is to chart the course of an organization in order for it to sail cohesively through its environment.
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.
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.
In one sense, the entrepreneurial school, like the positioning school, grew out of economics. The entrepreneur figures prominently in neoclassical economic theory. Henry Mintzberg
In one sense, the entrepreneurial school, like the positioning school, grew out of economics. The entrepreneur figures prominently in neoclassical economic theory.
