Most of the time, strategies should not be formulating strategy at all; they should be getting on with implementing strategies they already have. Henry Mintzberg More Quotes by Henry Mintzberg More Quotes From Henry Mintzberg Effective managing therefore happens where art , craft, and science meet. But in a classroom of students without managerial experience, these have no place to meet there is nothing to do. Henry Mintzberg craftsstudentsart Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you're working at the big picture but don't know the details. Henry Mintzberg detailsbigsmean Theory is a dirty word in some managerial quarters. That is rather curious, because all of us, managers especially, can no more get along without theories than libraries can get along without catalogs and for the same reason: theories help us make sense of incoming information. Henry Mintzberg libraryinformationdirty So technologies, whether it is a telephone or an iPhone, computers in general or automobiles, television even, all individualize us. We all sit in front of our iPhones and communicating but are we really communicating? Henry Mintzberg iphonetechnologytelevision My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should be dismissed out of hand. Henry Mintzberg issuesjobshands Data don't generate theory - only researchers do that. Henry Mintzberg researchersdatatheory No generalizing beyond the data, no theory. No theory, no insight. And if no insight, why do research. Henry Mintzberg dataresearchscience An unsuccessful manager blames failure on his obligations; the effective manager turns them to his own advantage. A speech is a chance to lobby...a visit to an important customer a chance to extract trade information. Henry Mintzberg informationspeechimportant To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around. Henry Mintzberg organizationleadershipway It is time to recognize conventional MBA programs for what they are - or else to close them down. They are specialized training in the functions of business, not general educating in the practice of management. Henry Mintzberg mba-programsbusinesspractice Anecdotal data is not incidental to theory development at all, but an essential part of it. Henry Mintzberg dataessentialsdevelopment If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities. Henry Mintzberg private-sectorcommunitygovernment That is the trouble with flying: We always have to return to airports. Thank of how much fun flying would be if we didn't have to return to airports. Henry Mintzberg airportsflyingfun Why does every generation have to think that he lives in the period with the greatest turbulence? Henry Mintzberg generationsdoethinking This obsession with leadership... It's not neutral; it's American, this idea of the heroic leader who comes in on a white horse to save the day. I think it's killing American companies. Henry Mintzberg horseideasthinking Technologies tend to undermine community and encourage individualism. Henry Mintzberg individualismtechnologycommunity We find that the manager, particularly at senior levels, is overburdened with work. With the increasing complexity of modern organizations and their problems, he is destined to become more so. He is driven to brevity, fragmentation, and superficiality in his tasks, yet he cannot easily delegate them because of the nature of his information. Henry Mintzberg seniortasksorganization Often, M.B.A.s will parachute around from one company or industry to another, without really understanding what's behind it. Henry Mintzberg behindwillcompanyunderstanding
