Bedtime Stories for Managers: Farewell to Lofty Leadership. . . Welcome Engaging Management

If you're like most managers and things keep you up at night, now you can turn to a book that's designed especially for you! But you won't find talking rabbits or princesses here. (There is a cow, but it doesn't jump.) Henry Mintzberg has culled forty-two of the best posts from his widely read blog and turned them into a deceptively light, sneakily serious compendium of sometimes heretical reflections on management. The moral here is this: managers need to leave their castles and find out what's actually going on in their kingdoms. And like real bedtime stories, these essays have metaphors galore. So prepare to grow strategies like weeds and organize like a cow. Discover the maestro myth of managing, find the soft underbelly of hard data, and learn why downsizing is bloodletting and your board should be a bee. Mintzberg writes, “Just try not to be outraged by anything you read, because some of my most outrageous ideas turn out to be my best. They just take a while to become obvious.” In forty-two succinct, surprising essays, legendary scholar Henry Mintzberg brings management down from the clouds and onto solid ground. If you're like most managers and things keep you up at night, now you can turn to a book that's designed especially for you! But you won't find talking rabbits or princesses here. (There is a cow, but it doesn't jump.) Henry Mintzberg has culled forty-two of the best posts from his widely read blog and turned them into a deceptively light, sneakily serious compendium of sometimes heretical reflections on management. The moral here is managers need to leave their castles and find out what's actually going on in their kingdoms. And like real bedtime stories, these essays have metaphors galore. So prepare to grow strategies like weeds and organize like a cow. Discover the maestro myth of managing, find the soft underbelly of hard data, and learn why downsizing is bloodletting and your board should be a bee. Mintzberg writes, "Just try not to be outraged by anything you read, because some of my most outrageous ideas turn out to be my best. They just take a while to become obvious." If you're like most managers and things keep you up at night, now you can turn to a book that's designed especially for you! But you won't find talking rabbits or princesses here. (There is a cow, but it doesn't jump.) Henry Mintzberg has culled forty-two of the best posts from his widely read blog and turned them into a deceptively light, sneakily serious compendium of sometimes heretical reflections on management. /> />The moral here is this: managers need to leave their castles and find out what's actually going on in their kingdoms. And like real bedtime stories, these essays have metaphors galore. So prepare to grow strategies like weeds and organize like a cow. Discover the maestro myth of managing, find the soft underbelly of hard data, and learn why downsizing is bloodletting and your board should be a bee. Mintzberg writes, "Just try not to be outraged by anything you read, because some of my most outrageous ideas turn out to be my best. They just take a while to become obvious." /> Compilando suas postagens de blogue mais contundentes e veementes, Henry Mintzberg - professor de estudos de gestão da Faculdade de Administração Desautels da Universidade McGill de Montreal - adverte: "não fique indignado com o que lê, porque algumas das minhas ideias mais ultrajantes são as melhores que criei". Utilizando analogias do tipo "diretores são como abelhas", Mintzberg se agita entre diversos tópicos - por vezes ofensivos, por vezes transmitindo sua sabedoria como autoridade em gestão. Assim, ele aponta como utilizar medições com responsabilidade, ensinar gerentes de forma eficaz e construir uma empresa sem vender a sua alma 蒙特利尔麦吉尔大学(Montreal's McGill University)德索特尔管理学院(the Desautels Faculty of Management)管理学教授亨利•明茨伯格(Henry Mintzberg)在撰写其最为精辟而尖锐的博客文章时曾警告读者:"不要被你读到的任何东西激怒,因为我的一些最荒唐的想法最终却成了最精彩的部分。"明茨伯格做了一个"董事会像蜜蜂"的比喻:他们在不同的话题之间时而嗡嗡作响,时而大声咆哮,时而传授他作为管理权威的智慧。他的研究主题包括负责任地测量、教育管理者以及如何在不突破自己底线的情况下创建自己的公司。