Management? It's Not What You Think!

by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand, Joseph Lampel

On Sale: September 15, 2010

Price: $22.00

Format: Hardcover

Book Summary

What exactly do managers do? This irreverent and highly relevant book offers insights from leading business figures to get readers thinking about management in new ways that will renew their passion for leadership.

About the Book

Whether you subscribe to the philosophy that management is an art and not a science or that it’s a science composed of best practices and systemic steps, one thing is for sure: there is no one easy way to describe what managers do. In this inspiring book, Henry Mintzberg, one of today’s most respected and controversial thinkers on management, joins forces with other leading business figures to provide a provocative mix of writing on management that inspires laughter as much as it brings forth tears (for poor old management itself!). Management? It’s Not What You Think! gets readers thinking as they never have before on topics including management terminology and buzzwords, myths and maxims, MBAs, management fads, leadership, strategy, and much more. With wit, intrigue, and plenty of food for thought, Mintzberg presents articles, book and journal excerpts, letters, web selections, and musings that will spark debate in managers of all types and experiences and renew their interest in doing what they do best--managing.

Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780814416846
  • ISBN 10: 0814416845
  • On Sale: September 15, 2010
  • Pages: 192
  • List Price: $22.00
  • Trim Size: 159.000mm x 235.000mm x 12.000mm
  • Category 1 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General
  • Category 2 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management
  • Category 3 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Total Quality Management
  • Category 4 : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership