Management It's Not What You Think!

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A lot of things have been said about management over the years: that it's an art, not a science; that it's a science, filled with "best practices" and systematic steps anyone can use to get great results; that it's the fuel that powers successful organizations. Only one thing is for sure: there is no one, easy definition of whatever it is that managers do! Henry Mintzberg, one of today's most respected and controversial thinkers on management, has joined forces with other leading business figures to provide a provocative and unusual mix of writing on management. Management It's Not What You Think! gets readers thinking as they never have before about the practice of management. Readers will find differing perspectives-and plenty of food for thought-on topics including management terminology and buzz words; myths and maxims; MBAs; management fads; leadership; strategy; and much more. Presenting articles, book and journal excerpts, letters, web selections, and musings, these pieces will have readers pondering, laughing, and sometimes even crying (for poor old management itself!). This irreverent, highly relevant, and insightful book will inspire managers of all types, spark debate, and renew their passion and interest in doing what they do best... managing.

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..".collection of business nuggets...skewers jargon, game leaders and business school players, and various fads that are repackaged to become new fads." --IE Industrial Engineer
..".the most down-to-earth management book that I have laid hands on...I loved it!" --Advance for Medical Laboratory Professional magazine
"It's a collection of short, opinionated, often-funny pieces from a wide variety of sources that throws cold water on a lot of fashionable management theory with a bracing dose of reality." --Accounting Today

Author Bio

Henry Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Montreal and the winner of awards from the most prestigious academic and practitioner institutions in management. He was ranked in the top ten in the Wall Street Journal's list of influential business thinkers. Bruce Ahlstrand is a professor of management at Trent University in Ontario. Joseph Lampel is a professor of strategy at Cass Business School, City University London.