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Henry Mintzberg Quotes

Companies are communities. Theres a spirit of working together. Communities are not a place where a few people allow themselves to be singled out as solely responsible for success Picture Quote #1

When the world is predictable you need smart people. When the world is unpredictable you need adaptable people Picture Quote #1

The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no technique, no program, just a sharp mind in touch with the situation Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you’re working at the big picture but don’t know the details Picture Quote #1

Managers who don’t lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don’t manage don’t know what’s going on. It’s a phony separation that people are making between the two Picture Quote #1

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We’re all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ordinary, healthy people who aren’t too screwed up Picture Quote #1

If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The great myth is the manager as orchestra conductor. It’s this idea of standing on a pedestal and you wave your baton and accounting comes in, and you wave it somewhere else and marketing chimes in with accounting, and they all sound very glorious. But management is more like orchestra conducting during rehearsals, when everything is going wrong Picture Quote #1

Most of the time, strategies should not be formulating strategy at all; they should be getting on with implementing strategies they already have Picture Quote #1

Strategic planning is not strategic thinking. Indeed, strategic planning often spoils strategic thinking, causing managers to confuse real vision with the manipulation of numbers Picture Quote #1

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Companies are communities. Theres a spirit of working together. Communities are not a place where a few people allow themselves to be singled out as solely responsible for success (Henry Mintzberg Quotes) When the world is predictable you need smart people. When the world is unpredictable you need adaptable people (Henry Mintzberg Quotes) The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future. And for that there is no technique, no program, just a sharp mind in touch with the situation (Henry Mintzberg Quotes) 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 Quotes) Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you’re working at the big picture but don’t know the details (Henry Mintzberg Quotes) Managers who don’t lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don’t manage don’t know what’s going on. It’s a phony separation that people are making between the two (Henry Mintzberg Quotes) We’re all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ordinary, healthy people who aren’t too screwed up (Henry Mintzberg Quotes) If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities (Henry Mintzberg Quotes) 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 Quotes) The great myth is the manager as orchestra conductor. It’s this idea of standing on a pedestal and you wave your baton and accounting comes in, and you wave it somewhere else and marketing chimes in with accounting, and they all sound very glorious. But management is more like orchestra conducting during rehearsals, when everything is going wrong (Henry Mintzberg Quotes) 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 Quotes) Strategic planning is not strategic thinking. Indeed, strategic planning often spoils strategic thinking, causing managers to confuse real vision with the manipulation of numbers (Henry Mintzberg Quotes)

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