Managers Not MBAs

by Mintzberg, Henry

• ISBN13: 9781576753514
• ISBN10: 1576753514
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-06-02
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

The Financial Times called bestselling Canadian author Henry Mintzberg one of the Top 10 Management Thinkers in the world."[A] constantly stimulating book ... It should be required reading for anyone who has the qualification, wants one, or just wonders what all the fuss is about." -Economist"Managers, Not MBAs is an inspiring and insightful book. It will revolutionize your thinking about what makes management education tick." -Globe and MailThis controversial and thought-provoking book is the most extensive critique of management education ever published. According to management expert Henry Mintzberg, MBA programs train the wrong people in the wrong ways-with the wrong consequences. They encourage calculating and heroic styles of management that damage our organizations and undermine our democratic institutions. The author takes a look at the practice of managing and suggests that we encourage a more engaging style that brings out the natural energy within people, leaving behind stronger organizations, not just higher share prices.

Author Biography

Henry Mintzberg is not the dean of a business school. He is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(8)
PART ONE Not MBAs
Wrong People	9	(11)
Wrong Ways	20	(49)
Wrong Consequences I: Corruption of the Educational Process	69	(12)
Wrong Consequences II: Corruption of Managerial Practice	81	(39)
Wrong Consequences III: Corruption of Established Organizations	120	(22)
Wrong Consequences IV: Corruption of Social Institutions	142	(20)
New MBAs?	162	(35)
PART TWO Developing Managers
Management Development in Practice	197	(41)
Developing Management Education	238	(38)
Developing Managers I: The IMPM Program	276	(16)
Developing Managers II: Five Mindsets	292	(21)
Developing Managers III: Learning on the Job	313	(20)
Developing Managers IV: Impact of the Learning	333	(26)
Developing Managers V: Diffusing the Innovation	359	(18)
Developing True Schools of Management	377	(40)
Bibliography	417	(20)
Index	437	(26)
About the Author	463