Henry Mintzberg

What I have against M.B.A.s is the assumption that you come out of a two-year program probably never having been a manager - at least for full-time younger people M.B.A. programs - and assume you are ready to manage.

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These are some quotes by Canadian author Henry Mintzberg Businessman, who was born on September 2, 1939.

Quotes by Henry Mintzberg

Companies are communities. There's 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

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If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities.

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Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions directly. They fight fires. They manage projects. They negotiate contracts.

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