Managers Not MBAs

by Mintzberg, Henry

• ISBN13: 9781576752753
• ISBN10: 1576752755
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-16
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

The trouble with "management" education, says author Henry Mintzberg, is that it is business education, and leaves a distorted impression of management. In Managers Not MBAs, he offers a new definition of management as a blend of craft (experience), art (insight), and science (analysis). An education that overemphasizes science encourages a style of managing the author calls "calculating," or if the graduates believe themselves to be artists, the related style "heroic." According to the book, neither heroes nor technocrats in positions of influence are useful - what's really needed are balanced, dedicated people who practice a style that can be called "engaging." Such people believe their purpose is to leave behind stronger organizations, not just higher share prices. Managers Not MBAs explains in detail how to cultivate such managers, and how they can transform the business world and, ultimately, society.

Author Biography

Henry Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Not MBAs
Wrong People	p. 9
Wrong Ways	p. 20
Wrong Consequences I: Corruption of the Educational Process	p. 69
Wrong Consequences II: Corruption of Managerial Practice	p. 81
Wrong Consequences III: Corruption of Established Organizations	p. 120
Wrong Consequences IV: Corruption of Social Institutions	p. 142
New MBAs?	p. 162
Developing Managers
Management Development in Practice	p. 197
Developing Management Education	p. 238
Developing Managers I: The IMPM Program	p. 276
Developing Managers II: Five Mindsets	p. 292
Developing Managers III: Learning on the Job	p. 313
Developing Managers IV: Impact of the Learning	p. 333
Developing Managers V: Diffusing the Innovation	p. 359
Developing True Schools of Management	p. 377
Bibliography	p. 417
Index	p. 437
About the Author	p. 463
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