ISBN10: 1416573194, ISBN13: 9781416573197, [publisher: Simon and Schuster 2008-10-01] Softcover
[Wallingford, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2008]

Paperback. New. Reflecting the seminal thinking that has made him the mentor to a younger generation of leading management thinkers, Mintzberg explores the nature of managerial work and the organizational structure and power which affect it. ISBN 1416573194 9781416573197 [GB]

Paperback. New. Reflecting the seminal thinking that has made him the mentor to a younger generation of leading management thinkers, Mintzberg explores the nature of managerial work and the organizational structure and power which affect it. ISBN 1416573194 9781416573197 [GB]

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ISBN10: 1416573194, ISBN13: 9781416573197, [publisher: Free Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Henry Mintzberg revolutionized our understanding of what managers do in The Nature of Managerial Work, his landmark book. Now in this comprehensive new volume, Mintzberg broadens his vision to explore not only the function of management, but also that of the organization itself and its meaning for society. A treasury of the dynamic and iconoclastic ideas that have made him a mentor to an entire younger generation of leading management thinkers, Mintzberg on Management presents the collective wisdom of this influential scholar -- in strategy, structure, power, and politics -- the gestalt of organizational theory.Known as the guru of bottom-up management, Mintzberg broke with convention by actually going inside companies to witness the business of business. Revealing how strategy is really formulated, he shows here that successful strategy is rarely, if ever, born in solitary contemplation; rather, the elements usually come together in the heat of battle. In addition, Mintzberg identifies the keys to outstanding management. He begins by describing the good manager who successfully combines interpersonal, informational, and decision-making roles.However, effectiveness in management, Mintzberg demonstrates, depends not only on a manager's embodiment of these necessary qualities, but also his or her insight into their own work. ...
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