79 Quotes by Henry Mintzberg

Effective managing therefore happens where art , craft, and science meet. But in a classroom of students without managerial experience, these have no place to meet there is nothing to do.

That is the trouble with flying: We always have to return to airports. Thank of how much fun flying would be if we didn't have to return to airports.

To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around.

It is time to recognize conventional MBA programs for what they are - or else to close them down. They are specialized training in the functions of business, not general educating in the practice of management.

Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you're working at the big picture but don't know the details.

Anecdotal data is not incidental to theory development at all, but an essential part of it

The prime occupational hazard of a manager is superficiality.

Strategies grow initially like weeds in a garden, they are not cultivated like tomatoes in a hothouse.

An obsession with control generally seems to reflect a fear of uncertainty.