McGill Desautels Faculty of Management - Henry Mintzberg's Recent Media Coverage

International Master��s Program for Managers encourages leaders to reflect and learn from their experience

McGill University — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:02:42 +0000

Writing in the early 19th century, the introspective British poet William Wordsworth coined the phrase ��spots of time�� to describe the moments that are especially memorable and influential in one��s life. Reflecting on the importance of such moments can help leaders thrive in the 21st century. This self-reflection is an integral part of the International Master��s Program for Managers (IMPM), which offers its second module, the Analytical Mindset, at McGill Desautels.

Chinese strategic consultancy looks to work of Prof. Henry Mintzberg to understand domestic context

McGill University — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:04:30 +0000

Shanghai-headquartered KMIND provides strategic consulting advice to billion-dollar companies. Its success is built on a blend of both Eastern and Western philosophies, according to President Noah Xie. ��Utilizing Eastern wisdom doesn��t mean we can get rid of the Western theories,�� says Xie in a Forbes interview with Professor Karl Moore. ��We need to integrate both, East and West, to be successful.�� One Western management thinker that resonates with Xie is Prof. Henry Mintzberg of McGill Desautels.

In making AI strategies, organizations need to consider a holistic approach

McGill University — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:30:41 +0000

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to streamline inefficient processes, a common issue in many government organizations. To adopt AI effectively, a comprehensive strategy is necessary. And organizations like the United States Office of Management and Budget have already done so. As other organizations seek to do similarly, the Federal News Network recommends they look to Henry Mintzberg��s book The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning.

Organizational restructuring is a visible sign of change but often not effective

McGill University — Tue, 21 May 2024 17:18:32 +0000

Changes to an organization��s structure are tangible but don��t necessarily bring about any concrete results. Consider the example of the UK��s National Health Service. It regularly reorganizes but doesn��t change much. ��The reason is simple,�� says Professor Henry Mintzberg in an interview with Business People.

Two McGill Desautels professors amongst recipients of the President��s Prize for Public Engagement through Media

McGill University — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:54:07 +0000

McGill University's President��s Prize for Public Engagement Through Media recognizes outstanding achievement among those who share their knowledge with the public. In 2024, McGill Desautels was well-represented among the winners. Associate Professor Anna Kim was honoured with the President��s Prize for Emerging Researchers for her commitment to disseminating research on entrepreneurship and sustainability through traditional and social media platforms.

McGill Desautels faculty members and researchers celebrated at Bravo Gala

McGill University — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:55:09 +0000

McGill University hosted its annual Bravo Gala on Thursday, March 21, which honours its faculty members and researchers who have won special awards, memberships and prizes over the past year. McGill Desautels is proud to announce 14 of its faculty amongst the distinguished honourees this year. Congratulations to our deserving laureates! Full list below.
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�� Genevi��ve Bassellier, Best AMCIS Emergent Research Forum Paper, Americas Conference on Information Systems

MBA studies sharpen management skills, but can��t create managers on their own

McGill University — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:12:42 +0000

Some scholars have argued that MBAs serve business school bottom lines more than they benefit students, writes Ann Peng in the Kansas City Business Journal. Other studies have quantified significant financial benefits for those who hold these degrees. But the MBA doesn��t make the manager, and Peng suggests that recruiting MBA students based on their leadership experience instead of their years of general work experience can facilitate their leadership development.

Universities must go beyond the ivory tower

McGill University — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:57:39 +0000

The ivory tower sits on a solid foundation, but it could use a little shaking up, writes Professor Henry Mintzberg in a University World News article co-authored with his daughter Susan Mintzberg, a doctoral candidate in social work at McGill University. They argue that an overemphasis on a few top journals is one of the issues of the current model. These publications are sometimes called ��A-journals��, and, in some cases, universities are prioritizing quantity over quality.

Raising tuition for out-of-province students risks undermining world-class academic programs, writes Prof. Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 18:03:47 +0000

Funding for universities is not a zero-sum game, writes John Cleghorn Professor of Management Henry Mintzberg in a LaPresse op-ed. And the Quebec government��s plan to increase tuition for out-of-province students risks undermining the very source of funding it hopes to leverage. If students at anglophone universities are charged higher fees, and that money is used to fund francophone universities, it will discourage many out-of-province students from coming to Quebec in the first place.

A combination of approaches results in better decisions

McGill University — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:03:13 +0000

Navigating decision-making complexities is no easy feat, but Henry Mintzberg, John Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University, and Frances Westley, J.W. McConnell Chair in social innovation at the University of Waterloo, have crafted insightful methods to ease this process.

The Five Mindsets of a Manager continues to influence management practices twenty years after its original publication

McGill University — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:34:56 +0000

Today��s leaders don��t only face managerial and business challenges. There are geopolitical, social, and environmental obstacles too. The way they respond will define their organization��s success. In 2003, Prof. Henry Mintzberg provided a framework for leadership in the modern global economy when he published ��The Five Mindsets of a Manager�� in the Harvard Business Review.

New book by Prof. Henry Mintzberg brings together decades of observation and analysis

McGill University — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 19:48:17 +0000

Prof. Henry Mintzberg has been observing, advising and researching organizations since the early 1970s, and has had a profound influence on their study. The most recent book from the John Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies is Understanding Organizations��Finally! Structure in Sevens, and it synthesizes decades of analysis to understand the forces that shape organizations. ��I have probably changed more than organizations have,�� Mintzberg told Le Devoir.

Fady Dagher plans to flatten the hierarchy of Montreal police force

McGill University — Thu, 11 May 2023 13:38:18 +0000

As chief of the Service de police de l��Agglom��ration de Longueuil (SPAL), Fady Dagher (EMBA��12) carried out a real revolution in the force, and he has now taken the reins of the Service de Police de la Ville de Montr��al (SPVM) as its new chief, writes McGill Alumni News. In Longueil, Dagher took the concept of ��community policing�� one step further by creating a ��partnership police force�� that works hand-in-hand with social services. Dagher credits McGill Desautels Prof.

To be maximally effective, managers should consider Mintzberg��s organizational structure types

McGill University — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:01:05 +0000

According to Professor?Henry Mintzberg, there are four types of organizations: autocracy, meritocracy, bureaucracy, and adhocracy. Each type has its own strengths and weaknesses. Many small businesses are autocracies and revolve around the vision of their founder. This gives them a limited management hierarchy and can help enable dynamism. But there are drawbacks too: a founder obsessed with their own vision may lose sight of some of the practical details needed to make their business profitable.

The best managers balance the science and the art of management

McGill University — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:26:59 +0000

MBAs have their advocates �C and their detractors. Over the years, the MBA has suffered from comparisons with professional degrees that have more defined outcomes, like medicine and law. But management is part art and part science, and an overemphasis on the science side is partly to blame for this perception. As evidence of this, MBA News cites the work of Desautels Prof. Henry Mintzberg, who argued that successful business leaders need to exercise both analysis and intuition.

Delve: Striking a New Balance in Management and Society, with Henry Mintzberg and Saku Mantere

McGill University — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:53:26 +0000

How has management thinking changed in the past 50 years and where might management be headed today? In his research and writing, Desautels Faculty of Management Professor Henry Mintzberg covers not only the past 50 years but looks toward the future of managing organizations, developing managers, and rebalancing society, from business to politics to higher education.

The International Masters for Health Leadership students analyze health care systems for lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic

McGill University — Wed, 11 May 2022 17:29:43 +0000

The pandemic demanded a rapid response from health care systems around the world. This revealed both strengths and weaknesses�Cand now there is an opportunity to examine the experience for lessons about the future. The International Masters for Health Leadership is doing exactly that. Groups of students studied a health care system and the unique challenges that it faces, which ranged from a dearth of e-health records to a culture of vaccine hesitancy.

Even when good data is available, an organization��s culture can sway managerial decision making

McGill University — Wed, 11 May 2022 17:16:41 +0000

Analytics can tell a story�Cbut they don��t tell the whole story. In any organization, managers need to have an awareness of personalities and politics, and that can affect the decisions they make, writes David Creelman in Talent Management and HR. Creelman��s conclusions are partly based on a study of accountants carried out by Desautels Prof. Henry Mintzberg several decades ago. Mintzberg found that managers didn��t use accounting information the way that the accountants thought they should.

The workplace has evolved �C and managers need to evolve with it

McGill University — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:13:10 +0000

E-commerce. Telecommuting. Digital transformation. In just a few years, the workplace has changed dramatically. And management is not linked strongly enough to these new realities, according to Prof. Henry Mintzberg. In this new world of work, creative solutions can foster future success. Flattening hierarchies and seeking client feedback can help organizations unlock their employees�� potential.

Should we leave KPIs in the past?

McGill University — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:28:21 +0000

In an ideal economy, hard work and creativity would be rewarded �C and each person could lead a life of meaning and dignity. But our obsession with metrics can get in the way, according to Prof. Henry Mintzberg, the John Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Adjusting leadership strategy to even the playing field

McGill University — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:23:15 +0000

Women still face barriers in attaining leadership roles, and rethinking leadership is one part of solving this problem, writes Marine Thomas. For that, the Editor-in-Chief of Les Affaires looks to the ideas of Desautels Prof. Henry Mintzberg. By dispersing leadership throughout an organization, companies can create a flexible and inclusive workplace that is more conducive to the advancement of women��s careers.

Rethinking how we lead

McGill University — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:21:28 +0000

Obsessing over leadership can lead to a world full of followers. Prof. Henry Mintzberg has identified 52 qualities of effective managers, and no one person has all of them. No matter how competent a manager is, they will always have strengths and weaknesses.

Preparing young leaders for climate action

McGill University — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 16:30:26 +0000

The Holme Grange School (U.K.) recently became the first school in the world to earn the eduCCate Global Gold Award in recognition of its efforts to equip students with tools to fight climate change. Inspired by Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg��s book, Rebalancing Society, the school developed a 15-week sustainability program for Year 9 students called ��Radical Renewal.�� To commemorate the launch, Professor Mintzberg spoke with students on the importance of collective action.

20 questions with Professor Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:09:46 +0000

Earlier this month, Policy Magazine hosted a Q&A-style webinar with Professor Henry Mintzberg, author of Managers Not MBAs. Moderated by Professor Karl Moore, the discussion focuses on common barriers to managing well in a pandemic environment.

Innovative Laval University program looks to McGill��s IMHL for inspiration

McGill University — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:21:47 +0000

Inspired by McGill��s International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL) program, Laval University��s Faculty of Medicine recently designed an internship for rising medical graduates to tackle challenges in pandemic management and rural medicine. Thanks to the model of collaboration developed by Professor Henry Mintzberg, IMHL Faculty Director, these students are equipped to serve on the frontlines of COVID-19 research and practice.

McGill professor at the forefront of environmental change

McGill University — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 19:36:59 +0000

Since its publication in 2014, Professor Henry Mintzberg��s book, Rebalancing Society, has been heralded as a handbook for environment and social sustainability by the United Nations and hundreds of universities and organizations across the globe. Recently, principles included in Rebalancing Society were integrated into the Sulitest (Sustainability Literacy Test), a tool promoted by several branches of the United Nations.

The key to successful management

McGill University — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 18:06:24 +0000

According to Professor Henry Mintzberg, the greatest quality a manager can embody is empathy. As liaisons between executive leadership and employee teams, managers must be able to build trust and respect in order to accomplish company goals across a large network of stakeholders.

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Redefining success in top leadership roles

McGill University — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:38:52 +0000

According to Professor Henry Mintzberg, only 10% of organizational changes are successfully implemented in the workplace. In Lucy Kueng��s book, ��Hearts and Minds: Harnessing Leadership, Culture and Talent to Really Go Digital,�� Professor Mintzberg joins more than 100 experts across a vast array of disciplines to deliver recommendations for successful leadership, such as remaining grounded in humility and building teams with diverse backgrounds and skillsets.

EMBA prepares today��s leaders for tomorrow��s opportunities

McGill University — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:26:37 +0000

Based on Professor Henry Mintzberg��s multidisciplinary theories of management, the McGill-HEC Montr��al EMBA program has mastered the art and science of empowering business professionals to lead successfully. By bringing together leaders from a wide scope of academic and industry backgrounds, the EMBA program creates a unique space for collaborative problem-solving and offers the flexibility students need to balance coursework with other responsibilities.

Establishing a global support network for education leaders

McGill University — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:34:14 +0000

In his 2019 book, ��Bedtime Stories for Managers,�� Professor Henry Mintzberg pointed out a lack of opportunity for managers to come together and discuss progress, growth, and the unique challenges they face in leading teams.

Can COVID-19 travel through polluted air?

McGill University — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:45:35 +0000

In March, a team of scientists reported that the COVID-19 virus can be transmitted through polluted air particles. Looking at the pandemic through this lens, Professor Henry Mintzberg proposes a strategy for businesses and organizations to minimize risk from transmission through polluted air.

Lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis

McGill University — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:54:25 +0000

An opinion piece outlining lessons learned from the 2008 financial crisis explores Professor Henry Mintzberg's argument for communityship��the idea that instead of managing companies top-down, managers should start leading center-out, reaching out to the wider ecosystem that surrounds and makes all businesses possible.

The article emphasizes that post-COVID businesses should focus on communityship to support their employees, partners, and affiliates to see them through the current pandemic and any future crises.

Reflecting on strategy and healthcare in a pandemic with Susan and Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:03:16 +0000

In a McGill Alumni webcast, Professor Karl Moore is joined by Professor Henry Mintzberg and his daughter Susan Mintzberg, a PhD candidate at McGill who studies the role of family caregivers in mental healthcare. The three cast light on how we can build better systems and more balanced societies based on lessons learned from COVID-19.

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Professor Henry Mintzberg on lessons learned during the pandemic

McGill University — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:02:57 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg sits down with Le Devoir to discuss lessons learnt during the pandemic, from the surprising intimacy of remote work to the three pillars of a prosperous democracy.

Delve: The Epidemic of Managing without Soul

McGill University — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 22:18:58 +0000

Managing without soul has become an epidemic in society, according to McGill University��s Professor Henry Mintzberg. Many managers these days seem to specialize in killing cultures, at the expense of human engagement. Why do we tolerate this?

This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management.

Remote work offers more gains than losses, says Professor Mintzberg

McGill University — Fri, 29 May 2020 14:20:57 +0000

In conversation with The New York Times, Professor Henry Mintzberg considers the implications of working from home. Most surprising to Professor Mintzberg is that very little is lost in the remote setting, with video conferencing strikingly similar to in-person meetings.

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Professor Mintzberg revives the Declaration of Independence with a modern-day spin

McGill University — Thu, 28 May 2020 14:18:02 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg, once described by Forbes as ��the rebel of management theory��, has published a Declaration of Our Interdependence in collaboration with nine like-minded thinkers. Now with more than 800 signatures, Mintzberg hopes it will inspire the restoration of balance across all sectors of society.

Debunking the lure of the elite leader

McGill University — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:52:57 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg, known for his radical approach to management, sits down with Professor Karl Moore to debunk the lure of the elite leader. Rather than placing leaders on pedestals, Professor Mintzberg suggests they remain on the ground, where they can play an active role in the team.

Are these the new three Cs of business?

McGill University — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 18:29:12 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg shares three common factors that he sees in high functioning companies��change, continuity, and community��and how each of these rely on the delicate balancing of traditional business dichotomies.

First-ever Henry Mintzberg PhD Teaching and Mentorship Award goes to Professor Alain Pinsonneault

McGill University — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:35:43 +0000

Professor Alain Pinsonneault recently received the inaugural Henry Mintzberg PhD Teaching and Mentorship Award in recognition of his high-quality teaching and commitment to student progress. He was nominated for the honour by PhD students and alumni.

The award was created in 2018 to recognize Professor Henry?Mintzberg��s 50 years of service to McGill.

A case for managing with heart

McGill University — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:13:18 +0000

In his new book, Bedtime Stories for Managers, Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg criticizes the soulless, disengaged style of management that��s infecting the modern workplace and points to a better way.

Think small to go big

McGill University — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:46:44 +0000

Are you a big picture or a details person? Professor Henry Mintzberg rejects the dichotomy and argues that both perspectives are essential for effective leadership.

When market logic fails

McGill University — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:48:47 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg highlights the pitfalls of managing without substance or long-term vision in his new book, Bedtime Stories for Managers. Over his fifty-year career, Professor Mintzberg has watched the private sector rise in power in proportion to government and civil society. Now, he��s raising an alarm about the consequences to society when market logic fails to deliver.

IMPM offers unique blend of theory and practice

McGill University — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:31:49 +0000

McGill��s International Masters�� Program for Managers (IMPM), based on the pedagogy of Professor Henry Mintzberg, takes experienced managers through 16 months of hands-on training to hone their skills. The president of BonBoss, a Quebec-based HR consulting company, joins a training module in Montreal to experience the IMPM in action.

Communityship not leadership, posits management thinker Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 20:58:58 +0000

In an interview with Think:Act, Professor Henry Mintzberg elaborates on why conceptions of leadership yield disconnected, ineffective management. Instead, he argues in favor of what he refers to as ��communityship.��

��We're not going to democratize businesses and we don't need to, and we shouldn't. But more humane for sure and more respectful,�� says Mintzberg.

Mintzberg headlines leadership conference

McGill University — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 18:50:06 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg will headline the upcoming Leadership: Courage Required conference hosted by the International Leadership Association (ILA).

The conference will examine the work of courageous leaders and followers through skill-based workshops, thought-provoking panels, and presentations highlighting new knowledge and innovative practices.

Experimentation in strategy-making is essential

McGill University — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:39:04 +0000

A recent blog post looks at Professor Henry Mintzberg��s take on incorporating experimentation in strategy (or letting ��a thousand strategic flowers bloom��) and its continued relevance in today��s AI-driven world.

Rethinking the bonus

McGill University — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:57:21 +0000

In line with Professor Henry Mintzberg��s view that bonuses are inherently flawed, organizations worldwide are increasingly ditching the bonus in favor of fair compensation from the outset.

Words of advice for recent MBA grads

McGill University — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:09:27 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg joins La Presse to share some words of advice for graduates fresh out of their MBA programs.

The gist of it: stay humble and eat the scrambled eggs!

Mintzberg on a rebalanced society

McGill University — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:19:25 +0000

At the 2019 Annual General Meeting of Lifelong Learning, Professor Henry Mintzberg shares his perspective on the vital importance of rebalancing society.

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Professor Mintzberg, management myth buster

McGill University — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 18:32:53 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg joins Infopresse to bust four management myths that are all too common and hold dire consequences for workplaces.

Mintzberg among top 30 gurus

McGill University — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:49:17 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg ranks 22^nd among the world��s top 30 management professionals for 2019. He is celebrated, in particular, for his contrarian views of management that have elucidated dimensions of the profession that were previously left unquestioned or overlooked.

Recapping the Bedtime Stories book launch

McGill University — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:48:57 +0000

On February 19, 2019, renowned management thinker Professor Henry Mintzberg launched his twentieth book, Bedtime Stories for Managers, a roundup of forty-two leadership anecdotes curated from his decades of experience.

In attendance were members of the Desautels and McGill community, including the current class of the International Masters Program for Managers, a program founded on Professor Mintzberg��s signature conceptions of management.

Must-have��s for your spring reading list

McGill University — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 15:08:03 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg��s new book, Bedtime Stories for Managers, is included in a roundup by La Presse of new must-read books. Known for his iconoclastic take on widely-held management conceptions, his newest book is yet another example of what Professor Mintzberg does best.

Sitting down with Mintzberg

McGill University — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:48:41 +0000

Following the launch of his latest book, Bedtime Stories for Managers, Professor Henry Mintzberg dishes on his personal growth over the years and shares some of his favorite words of wisdom for managers.

The traps of neglecting the soft side of business

McGill University — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:33:59 +0000

Drawing from Professor Henry Mintzberg��s critique of MBA programs, an article in Financial Times sheds light on some of the outmoded concepts that are still relied upon heavily?by business practitioners, arguing that perhaps it is time focus more on the ��softer�� aspects of business, such as?people.

Much to learn from bedtimes stories

McGill University — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 18:31:19 +0000

With the launch of Henry Mintzberg��s twentieth book, Bedtime Stories for Managers, a recent review takes stock of the important lessons that it has to offer.

Everyday creativity for an extraordinary impact

McGill University — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 21:01:15 +0000

We don��t have to possess the brilliance of Tchaikovsky to create something exceptional.

In a recent blog post, Professor Henry Mintzberg makes the case for the power of everyday creativity.

Staying afloat: The hectic job of school principals

McGill University — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:51:38 +0000

A recent blog post examines the daunting array of roles that school principals will play and uses Professor Henry Minztberg��s study of how managers allocate their time in a workday.

Why finding the right manager is a tall order

McGill University — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 19:50:58 +0000

Humans, and by extension managers, are flawed, contends Professor Henry Mintzberg. In an article for The Globe & Mail, he explores why finding the right manager in a workplace is often more difficult than first believed.

From silos to slabs: Mintzberg on organizational barriers

McGill University — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:17:56 +0000

Derived from his latest book, Bedtime Stories for Managers, Professor Henry Mintzberg explores the ineffectiveness of organizational slabs and makes the case for ��tailored connections between silos.��

Mintzberg's communityship and today��s social media

McGill University — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:57:26 +0000

A recent blog post attempts to connect Professor Henry Mintzberg��s conception of community with one of today��s preeminent community-building tools �C Facebook.

��With the rapid growth of technology and increasing expansion of social media usage, what are the prospects of using Facebook for community building? Is it merely being used as a commodity for sharing?��

Lessons learned from scrambled eggs

McGill University — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:06:18 +0000

In a roundup of leadership anecdotes, La Presse cites Professor Henry Mintzberg��s experience with airline scrambled eggs and its lessons for top managers.

This anecdote and many others are featured in Prof. Mintzberg��s newly released book, Bedtime Stories for Managers.

Avoiding the pitfalls of lofty leadership

McGill University — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:03:22 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg sits down with Inc.com to share his view on the changing landscape of management and how it impacts growth.

Most worrying to Prof. Mintzberg is the growing prevalence of bad management that is disconnected from the day-to-day of an organization.

Bedtime stories: The antidote to bad management

McGill University — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 20:52:27 +0000

In his forthcoming book, Bedtime Stories for Managers, Professor Henry Mintzberg curates 42 of his most popular reflections to remedy the rampant issue of management gone wrong.

Mintzberg��s bedtime stories for better management

McGill University — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:26:21 +0000

In his forthcoming book, Bedtime Stories for Managers, Professor Henry Mintzberg draws from his decades of experience to caution against the pitfalls of managing by positional authority and status.

Business balderdash: What myths to look out for

McGill University — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:11:51 +0000

The Globe and Mail takes a look at the management myths that many uphold without proper questioning.

One such example is that efficiency should be every manager��s goal; but, as Professor Henry Mintzberg makes clear, this is not always the case.

Management, scrambled eggs, and Professor Mintzberg

McGill University — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:49:35 +0000

Renowned management thinker Professor Henry Mintzberg sits down with Professor Karl Moore to discuss some of his favorite subjects: the MBA degree, business strategy, and how management has changed �C sometimes for the worse �C in the wake of technological advancement.

EMBA alumna on personal and career triumphs

McGill University — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:43:44 +0000

La Presse features Genevi��ve Rossier (EMBA��12), Director of Communications, Public Relations and Digital Visibility at Biblioth��que et Archives nationales du Qu��bec, as she sheds light on her illustrious career path, proudest accomplishments, and esteemed mentors, including Professor Henry Mintzberg.

A case for the relevance of business schools today

McGill University — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:19:57 +0000

Inspired by Professor Henry Mintzberg��s well-known challenging of the MBA��s relevance, a recent blog post advocates for the importance of business education today, particularly when it incorporates opportunities for hands-on learning.

Healthcare, it��s about collaboration

McGill University — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 20:26:57 +0000

When it comes to healthcare, it��s not about private versus public. Citing Professor Henry Minztberg��s latest book Managing the Myths of Healthcare, cross-sector collaboration among all stakeholders is a crucial aspect of a well-functioning system.

In celebration of two McGill greats

McGill University — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:16:51 +0000

Fifty years ago, McGill had the good fortune of welcoming Professors Henry Mintzberg and Morty Yalovsky on board.

On August 30, members of the McGill community, along with family and friends, celebrated their contributions by establishing two teaching awards in their honour.

View the photo gallery and contribute to the awards.

Weighing graduate business degrees: MBA or Masters

McGill University — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:12:14 +0000

Pursuing an MBA or a Masters degree is an age-old question when it comes to graduate business studies.

A recent article for QS Top Universities outlines the differences between the two options, citing Professor Henry Mintzberg along the way.

What��s the link between bad airline food and poor management?

McGill University — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:50:52 +0000

Business strategy 101

McGill University — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:39:51 +0000

A recent blog post reviews the ins and outs of devising and implementing a business strategy and cites Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg��s ��Five Ps for Strategy,�� namely: Plan, Pattern, Position, Ploy, and Perspective.

Strategic planning for the twenty-first-century enterprise

McGill University — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:17:38 +0000

A piece for Harvard Business Review argues that planning does not have to be the enemy of agility in a business setting.

Citing Professor Henry Mintzberg, the author suggests revisiting the traditional planning approach to incorporate hard and soft data where judgment also plays an important role.

McGill-HEC EMBA among the best of its kind

McGill University — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 18:46:29 +0000

The Globe and Mail has listed the McGill University �C HEC Montr��al EMBA program as one of the best of its kind in Canada.

The high calibre of fellow classmates, the availability of scholarships and access to firsthand insights from Professor Henry Mintzberg are cited as major draws.

Now what? How to deal with climate change together

McGill University — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 19:31:43 +0000

If major initiatives have been undertaken across sectors to combat climate change, the question arises how to consolidate these efforts for maximal impact?

Professors Henry Mintzberg, Dror Etzion and Saku Mantere address this pressing question in a recent piece for the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Carving out your path amid uncertainty

McGill University — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:56:03 +0000

A recent strategy blog post outlines three ways that businesspeople can find answers to major challenges when no precedent exists. Citing Professor Henry Mintzberg, part of the approach entails embracing uncertainty to ��craft�� your solution carefully over time.

In other words, it is important to think of your work as a craft, not an assembly line.

Today��s CEO and how things have changed

McGill University — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:36:26 +0000

A recent piece for Bloomberg takes Professor Henry Mintzberg��s seminal 1960s work that tracked CEO time use and compares his findings with a study of modern CEOs.

As it turns out, the CEO experience has evolved considerably, especially in terms of hours worked and the nature of daily interactions.

An industry honor for EMBA alumnus

McGill University — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:31:47 +0000

Atypic, founded by Pascal L��pine (EMBA��12), has been named the Agency of the Year at the latest Fl��ches d��Or.

As an agency that seeks to boost the impact of organizations in the?plural sector, L��pine credits this recognition in part to Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg, his mentor.

Management for the contemporary workplace

McGill University — Mon, 07 May 2018 23:54:40 +0000

With the rise of knowledge work, a new model of management referred to as emergent strategy, as defined by Professor Henry Mintzberg, is taking hold.

A recent blog post explores how emergent strategy takes form in the workplace through four models of leadership.

Catching up with renowned management thinker Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Fri, 04 May 2018 14:45:16 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg recently sat down with Professor Karl Moore on his CEO Series show to explore his approach to Management education via the IMPM and IMHL programs, as well as the profound societal impact the program participants are making. ?

Along the way, he also shares his love of Tchaikovsky and beaver sculptures, as well as what Montreal eateries are among his favorites.

Some of Desautels�� very best honored by MAA

McGill University — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:30:26 +0000

This year��s McGill Alumni Association (MAA) awards ceremony recognized the accomplishments of many leading members of the Desautels community, including Donald Lewtas (BCom��75), Professor Henry Mintzberg, and Shawn Errunza (BEng��10, MDCM).

Musings about Trump��s leadership style

McGill University — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 18:26:40 +0000

Recognizing that President Trump��s style of leadership is not easily slotted into the traditional categories, some writers have coined a new term to describe it, divert-autocracy, and cite Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg along the way.

They argue that a divert-autocracy stands in stark contrast to organizational theory, as described by Professor Mintzberg.

Recognizing members of the Desautels community

McGill University — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:58:17 +0000

The Desautels Faculty of Management is delighted to recognize members of its community who have recently received awards of excellence.

Please join me in congratulating them for their continued and inspiring commitment to Desautels and McGill.

Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou
Dean & Professor of Finance
Desautels Faculty of Management

Yokohama National University joins IMPM as partner institution

McGill University — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:42:44 +0000

Founded 22 years ago by Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg, the International Masters Program for Managers (IMPM) has announced that Japan��s Yokohama National University (YNU) has joined as a partner institution to deliver the Collaborative Mindset Module.?

Breaking down management roles for better workplaces

McGill University — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:15:37 +0000

According to Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg, the key to making organizations more efficient is to break down management roles, which allows each member to develop their own skillset.

Management roles, for Mintzberg, can categorized into three overarching areas: Interpersonal, Informational and Decision-making.?

The good and the bad of modern healthcare

McGill University — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:29:09 +0000

Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg joined The Sunday Edition on CBC Radio with Michael Enright to discuss his take on modern healthcare, stating that we need to approach challenges in the field of health care in a radically different way. ?

Overall, bigger is not better, while the instincts and real experiences of health providers are more valuable than official studies for Prof. Mintzberg.

Business schools championing ethics in corporate world

McGill University — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 19:39:46 +0000

Following a number of episodes that exposed the ethical dubiousness of certain business practices, including the housing crash of 2008, some have wondered whether business school education is partly to blame.

However, a survey of some of today��s business programs shows a step in the right direction, with corporate social responsibility taking front and center in the curriculum.

Indeed, while millennials are generally pro-business, many believe that big corporations could be doing more to address social ills.

Business schools in the wake of technological revolution

McGill University — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:32:12 +0000

In response to Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg��s oft-quoted assertion that that no direct link exists between leadership education and business success, an article for HR Magazine argues that business schools can indeed prepare the leaders of tomorrow to thrive in the wake of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Scholars weigh in on National Security Strategy

McGill University — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 20:43:51 +0000

In the next few days, the Trump administration will likely release its first National Security Strategy (NSS). In the lead-up to publication, many are turning to academic perspectives, such as those put forward by Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg, to evaluate its viability.

Workplace communities for better business

McGill University — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:18:37 +0000

In an article that explores the importance of building a community in the workplace, the author cites Desautels professor Henry Mintzberg��s conception of ��communityship��, a distributed form of management that engages and unites employees across levels.

For the author, building workplace communities where individuals care about one another on a human level will reap larger benefits for businesses in the long-term.?

When ��MORE�� becomes too much

McGill University — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:27:03 +0000

In a recent blog post, Desautels professor Henry Mintzberg issues a call for society to disavow its quest for ��MORE��, which is destroying our businesses, communities, and planet, to refocus on improvement, or the ��better��, as he puts it.

For Mintzberg, today��s enterprises have lost sight of what is right in favor of excess and greed, but there are many ways in which businesses can transition to operate and thrive responsibly.?

To lead is to manage; to manage is to lead

McGill University — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:36:13 +0000

A piece for The Star Kenya tackles the age-old question of whether managers can also be leaders and cites Desautels professor Henry Mintzberg��s view that the two are not mutually exclusive.

Indeed, for Mintzberg, ��management without leadership is sterile; leadership without management is disconnected and encourages hubris.��

How management can function amid unpredictability

McGill University — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:27:03 +0000

In an article that explores how managers can adapt under circumstances that defy predictability or norms, the author cites Professor Henry Mintzberg��s discussion of Honda��s entrance into the North American market as an example of unpredictability in business.

Indeed, Honda��s success in North America was a phenomenon that resulted from forces that could not be ascertained or mastered a priori.

Moving away from sports analogies in business

McGill University — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:48:45 +0000

A piece for Forbes.com argues that good management is not akin to a competitive sport, and that managing a company as if it were can yield disastrous results. The sports analogy often used in business promotes the extreme use of resources to create rapid growth, which seems to invariably lead to collapse.

Peter High on strategy, adaptation and integrative thinking

McGill University — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 18:41:50 +0000

In a piece for Forbes.com, Peter High, President of?Metis Strategy, cites Professor Henry Mintzberg to assert that societal change has always been perceived as occurring at lightning speed, and that it is common tendency to believe that the present is different from the past, as it is unresolved by nature.

He then goes on to share that strategy, as a practice, has remained virtually unchanged, and how adaptation and integrative thinking are key to resolving challenges.??

How business can lead change in South Africa

McGill University — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:47:59 +0000

An opinion piece for News24 argues that, in general, business leaders in South Africa have been heavily influenced by greed, showing little interest in using their resources for improving the nation��s socio-political context.

The author cites Desautels professor Henry Mintzberg��s four pillars for a high-performing government: public, private, non-profit and co-operative sector leadership, as a framework for socio-economic progress in South Africa.

Beef cattle management includes pregnancy checks

McGill University — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:00:31 +0000

A piece in the Coshocton Tribune delves into the subject of fall-season beef herds and how to decide whether to cull a female. Pregnancy status can be the determining factor, since caring for a cow can cost $1,000 per year. If a cow isn��t a good bet for breeding, it might be better to sell it off or harvest the meat. Since a cow isn��t fully mature until the age of four, good nutrition is crucial for cows that are being aimed at breeding while they are themselves still developing.

Wisdom, comfort zones and Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 15:42:49 +0000

A recent piece in India��s Free Press Journal delves into wisdom and the six parameters listed in the ancient Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata. The parameters include listening intently and gaining a full understanding of something before jumping into action, being able to hold forth on seminal books, having a quick mind and so on. Loyalty is also listed as a big factor, as is openness to change.

Management and Mintzberg��s Five Ps of Strategy

McGill University — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:58:59 +0000

Executive Coach Robert Mandeya writes for the Zimbabwe Independent that organisations live and die by the strategic decisions that their top executives make, and that strategic management is not necessarily the same as strategy. Using Apple��s iPad2 as an example, he delves into the formal tools that help us get a handle on the relationship among factors like executive decision-makers, their companies, and their industries.

Giving disruption a new face

McGill University — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:27:32 +0000

A recent article in Forbes India looks at the buzz-concept of disruption, and how many companies are caught up in a disrupt-or-die philosophy.

When the idea of disruption was first floated in the early 20th century, it reflected the standard market movements of the day; today��s lightning-fast disruption cycle has completely turned the old concept of ��normal�� on its ear. But is disruption just a by-product of the modern world?

New international sustainability test module based on Mintzberg book announced

McGill University — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:37:28 +0000

The Sustainability Literacy Test (aka ��Sulitest��) is both a non-profit and a method for verifying sustainability know-how across the globe. It is the work of an international cadre of academics and business professionals alike, mandated by the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012.

Jose Carlos Marques Finalist for 2017 AOM SIM Dissertation Award

McGill University — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 19:17:51 +0000

The dissertation of Desautels PhD alumnus Jose Carlos Marques (PhD'17) was selected as one of the three finalists for the Academy of Management Social Issues in Management Best Dissertation Award 2017.

Professor Paola Perez-Aleman?and Professor Henry Mintzberg were the co-supervisors of his research.

Microservices are a boon for adaptability-focused firms

McGill University — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:09:31 +0000

Author Ronnie Mitra writes in The New Stack about how businesses are focussing on adaptability like never before, and how that is weighing heavy on tech teams. It looks more and more like the answer lies in microservices.

The idea is to take the traditional software concept, then decentralize the components so that change becomes easier to implement. But the knock-on effect is that it alters how teams work and decisions are made; decentralization on the team level gives the developers the power to make decisions that would traditionally be the bailiwick of managers.

Coop Director suggests that we trust our teams

McGill University — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:13:08 +0000

In a piece for Cooperateur, La Coop F��d��r��e Director Colette Lebel asks what would happen if if we just trust our teams instead of depending on our individualism all the time?

Ms. Lebel says that over her career, she has learned much about letting go of the reins, in business and in pedagogy. She also explores the example of former Lac-M��gantic mayor Colette Roy Laroche, who stood in the ruins left by an exploding oil train and let her citizens dream up, then plan out, their city��s rebirth.

A Chinese student and the Desautels Professors who inspired her

McGill University — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:40:01 +0000

In a recent op-ed on sohu.com, Chuqing Zhang describes the four months she spent in Montreal at the Desautels Faculty of Management as an important phase in her development as an academic.

Mintzberg on healthcare management and how to fix it

McGill University — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:58:39 +0000

In his new book, Managing the Myths of Healthcare, Desautels professor Henry Mintzberg decries the current management culture being foisted on society by leadership programs, describing it as ��detached, generic, technocratic,�� before going on to claim that it can too easily lead to bullying and divisiveness.

He then goes on to describe how this plays into the slow-burn that is damaging our healthcare establishment, laying out the major myths and bringing alternative solutions to the table.

Getting the terminology right: Just what is a ��strategic plan,�� anyway?

McGill University — Wed, 31 May 2017 13:49:06 +0000

In a recent blog post, Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry Executive Director Sid Peimer of South Africa asks just what a ��strategic plan�� is, pointing out that a strategy and a plan are two different things. Mr. Peimer contends that a strategy is what one needs in order to attain a goal, while a plan is the ��how.��

He goes on to reflect on Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg��s concept of a strategy as a five-part entity, with the plan being just the first phase.

Essay calling for a complete revamp of executive education cites Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Wed, 24 May 2017 17:16:51 +0000

A recent essay in Chief Learning Officer calls for a massive rethink of how executive education is designed and delivered.

It starts with the premise that executive education needs a major overhaul. As Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg says, ��The practice of management, as evidenced in a lot of big corporations and banks, is utterly dreadful. I don��t think business schools really get it, or care to get it.��

Connectivity is more than a smartphone and online access

McGill University — Thu, 18 May 2017 15:10:30 +0000

A recent article in Graphic Arts makes the point that the word ��connectivity�� brings to mind images of smartphones and online transactions, but that according to Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg, net-based communications do a poor job of building real interpersonal relationships.

Karl Moore on introverts, extroverts, and Warren Buffett

McGill University — Thu, 11 May 2017 14:19:53 +0000

Back in January, Karl Moore took a group of Desautels students to meet Warren Buffett at his Omaha offices. Mr. Buffett is known to be an introvert, and his conduct during the visit bore that out; rather than expounding on everything that came up, Mr. Buffett stuck to speaking on subjects he knows well. He also avoided working the crowd, rather staying with a small group of students and having a full-on conversation.

Maybe it��s time to second-guess the Harvard MBA and its ilk

McGill University — Thu, 11 May 2017 14:16:03 +0000

In a recent op-ed, Financial Times editor Andrew Hill takes issue with the methodologies of the MBA programs offered by the Harvard Business School and other schools worldwide. In this, he aligns himself with The Golden Passport author Duff McDonald and Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg, who says that the HBS doesn��t train its MBA students to be good managers, but is rather ��putting them on a fast-track they don��t deserve to be on.��

The Desautels professor who is taking on the MBA

McGill University — Tue, 09 May 2017 16:48:20 +0000

Henry Mintzberg is looking beyond the MBA. For years, the Desautels Professor railed against what many in the corporate world see as the ultimate form of business education.

Instead, he launched the International Masters Program for Managers (IMPM) in 2004. The program eschews MBA staples like case studies and strategy in favour of a learning process based on sharing and learning from one��s fellow students.

Government is a bad match for Trump��s management style

McGill University — Tue, 02 May 2017 15:34:25 +0000

Donald Trump��s 100-day-old presidency has come up short according to nearly any metric. As the U.S. President has failed to get major legislation passed, or to fill some key government positions, he has taken to governing by executive order. But even those orders haven��t really produced the results he was looking for.

Still, President Trump has surrounded himself with captains of industry with as little experience in governing as he has. The upshot is a lack of movement on even seemingly easy GOP issues like repealing Obama��s healthcare law.

Leadership, management and a false dichotomy

McGill University — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:53:27 +0000

In a letter to Malaysia��s The Star Online, management consultant Dr Ranjit Singh Malhi takes issue with the widely-held distinction between managers and leaders. Though many theorists draw a line between effectiveness (the bailiwick of leaders) and efficiency (a manager��s wheelhouse), Dr.

A call to curb cabotage in Australia

McGill University — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:33:02 +0000

In the Australian coastal shipping reform efforts, the discussion has come down to whether or not cabotage (the practice of using foreign companies for domestic shipping) should be promoted or limited.

In The Maritime Executive, Dermot Loughane says that yes, national-flag shipping tends to cost more, but a healthy industry gets crewmembers buying houses and goods with dollars that would otherwise be going overseas. Mr. Loughane points to Canada, where ��It is a rare thing now �� to find an experienced Master or Chief Engineer administering the shipping system.��

Mintzberg on why the US can��t be run like a business

McGill University — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 16:12:46 +0000

In a recent piece for the Harvard Business Review, Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg takes aim at US President Trump��s attempts to run the United States like a business, then demolishes them. Professor Mintzberg questions the wisdom of trying to marry such disparate systems �� after all, business has a very simple, measureable yardstick in the form of profit, which makes it a poor model for governing.

MBA no guarantee of long-term success

McGill University — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:29:40 +0000

Three separate studies, including one authored in part by Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg, have concluded that the MBA is not the gateway to business success after all �� findings that are at odds with what many in the business community have come to believe. Instead, Mintzberg discovered that most of his subjects headed companies that eventually went bankrupt, or that removed them as CEO.

Andrew Potter, the debate continues

McGill University — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:59:50 +0000

Amid the fallout from former McGill Institute for the Study of Canada director Andrew Potter��s Maclean��s article about stranded motorists, the Globe and Mail interviewed McGill Principal Suzanne Fortier, who defended Professor Potter��s resignation as director of MISC.

Au programme, d��veloppement personnel et ouverture d��esprit

McGill University — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 15:22:34 +0000

Learning through sharing in the IMPM?

Mal aim�� en France, le MBA cherche toujours son identit��

McGill University — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 15:10:01 +0000

The MBA seeks its place in France

To many, an MBA is the springboard for a successful business career �� but not so in France, where MBA holders in the 120 top executive suites dropped from 37 per cent in 2011 to 21 per cent in 2015.

Atypic : agence d��vou��e au d��veloppement du secteur pluriel

McGill University — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:20:19 +0000

A commitment to change: nonprofits, business sense and research in action

Leadership lessons for today and tomorrow

McGill University — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:10:19 +0000

A recent post on Changeboard examines what leadership will mean for coming generations, seen through the lens of Brexit and Trump in the world today. The piece throws the question to leading business departments from around the world.

Para constru??o de um novo Brasil: consulta popular, elei??es gerais e Assembl��ia Constituinte

McGill University — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:17:35 +0000

Tenho dito que a corrup??o �� sist��mica e estrutural e n?o s�� no Brasil, como os sempre eloquentes vira-latas gostam de dizer por ai com ares cosmopolitas (ali��s, esses n?o passar?o de vira-latas sempre prontos a lamber os sapatos, ou coturnos, de qualquer um que lhes garanta a manuten??o e amplia??o de seus privil��gios e "direitos adquiridos").

A concept for a world free of political bullies

McGill University — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:54:51 +0000

In an op-ed piece for the Globe and Mail, Desautels�� Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies Henry Mintzberg decries what he calls our ��era of bullies,�� naming Trump, Putin and other strong-arm politicians as examples, and asks if we really have to put up with this.

Ben Tiggelaar deel 3: ��We moeten de cultuur van kleine bedrijven koesteren en stimuleren��

McGill University — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:32:06 +0000

MT presenteert een serie video's waarin managementtrainer Ben Tiggelaar waardevolle tips over management weggeeft. In deze video spreekt hij over de 'adhocratie' van Henry Mintzberg.

Professor Henry Mintzberg on meaningful protest in the age of Trump

McGill University — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:25:14 +0000

These days, it seems that there��s a new protest erupting every minute. But in the new reality of the day, are old-school demonstrations and marches enough? And really, were they ever? Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies, Henry Mintzberg of Desautels makes the case that taking one��s cues from legendary organizer and Rules for Radicals author Saul Alinsky might be the way to go: You tear down a bully by using ridicule and unexpected actions that said bully doesn��t know how to deal with.

Is Your Government Politically Pathological?

McGill University — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:37:05 +0000

Long before the post-election political maelstrom we��re now experiencing in the U.S. and in many countries around the world, I?wrote?about four types of organizational political arenas.

CITY DIARY: Is glamorous ex-Thomas Cook chief Harriet Green angling for a damehood?

McGill University — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:35:06 +0000

Glamorous ex-Thomas Cook chief Harriet Green, 55, now an executive at technology giant IBM, says gushingly of our Prime Minister: 'May is exciting, a grown-up, the right person at the right time to negotiate with Europe.?
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Some principles for creating a ��Sharing Sheffield��

McGill University — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:54:53 +0000

...Brave Leadership:?Geo politics shocked the world in 2016.? One of the more positive resuIts has been?an increase in powerful, thoughtful leadership from many different places.?Henry Mintzberg?has written an excellent call to action post and there was one particular tweet which stood out for me over the US elections written by J.K. Rowling.

Read full article: Croakey, January 12, 2017

Our Favorite MBA Professors Of 2016

McGill University — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:21:13 +0000

Henry Mintzberg:?The first rule of academia: ��Don��t bite the hand that feeds you.��

Mintzberg did just that in 2004, when he authored?Managers Not MBAs. The premise? MBA programs were teaching management backwards by focusing on science over craft and experience. ��In management, if you don��t have the practice, the science doesn��t take you very far,�� he told?Poets & Quants. ��And if you leave the MBA program with the impression that you can manage, you tend to lean on technique and numbers, and so you��ve got all kinds of people mismanaging because of that.��

The best thing I read all year �� 2016

McGill University — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 16:33:44 +0000

Business school professors share the books and articles that changed their outlook.

Henry Mintzberg, John Cleghorn professor of management studies, McGill University��s Desautels Faculty of Management

I love to read books, and usually I have one that I am reading but I haven��t even given myself a chance to do that recently because of what has been going on with the US election. Instead, I have been consumed by the commentary in The New York Times international edition.?

Whither MBAs? Rigour, relevance and results

McGill University — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:34:55 +0000

An MBA has always been a sought-after qualification among managers. It has been hailed as a competency builder on one hand and hacked as a money spinner for mushrooming institutions.?
I read with interest the constructively critical insights by Dr. Rakesh Khurana on elite Harvard MBA. It reminded me of Henry Mintzberg, the veteran management thinker who was also critical about the typical MBAs on offer. ?

Read full article: Daily Financial Times, December 19, 2016?

Professor Henry Mintzberg Awarded Honorary Doctorate

McGill University — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:48:26 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg was conferred the honorary degree of "Doctor Oeconomiae Honoris Causa" from the University of Economics, Prague on November 11, 2016. The award recognizes Professor Mintzberg��s influence as a leading thinker in the field of Management, as well as the far-reaching impact of his work.

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Read full article: V?E Bulletin

Trump : �� d��faut de pouvoir voter, nous pouvons agir

McGill University — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 17:27:44 +0000

Ecrit par Henry Mintzberg?

Nous, au Canada, aux c?t��s d'autres personnes du monde entier, n'avons pas pu voter aux derni��res ��lections am��ricaines. Toutefois, nous devrons vraisemblablement en souffrir les cons��quences �� l'��chelle internationale. Devons-nous rester inactifs, comme �� l'habitude, et assister au d��roulement des choses, y compris des possibles effets catastrophiques des changements climatiques, si rien n'est fait?

The Rest Of The World Couldn't Vote, But We Can Act

McGill University — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:23:11 +0000

We in Canada, along with many other people around the world, did not get to vote in the recent American election -- yet we are meant to suffer the international consequences of it. Shall we sit back, as usual, and watch events unfold, including the possibly catastrophic effects of climate change left unchecked?

Henry Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Montreal and the author of Rebalancing Society... radical renewal beyond left, right and centre.

? Les avocats ont un cerveau diff��rent ?

McGill University — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:03:57 +0000

...Le fait est que ?a ne suffit pas de conna?tre seulement la loi : il faut avoir des connaissances en gestion, en relations interpersonnelles, mais les Facs de droit continuent d��enseigner ce qui ��tait utile voici 25 ans. Il faut que ?a change. Le sp��cialiste de la gestion de l��Universit�� McGill,?Harry Mintzberg, l��a ��crit : le monde a besoin de gestionnaires, pas de d��tenteurs de MBA. C��est la m��me chose en droit : il faut des avocats bien form��s, pas seulement des juristes.

Global business schools turn to Asia for inspiration

McGill University — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:53:45 +0000

What will business schools look like when they are created on the surface of Mars some decades from now? That is the question Santiago Iniguez, dean of Spain's IE Business School, has been asking himself for the past several years.

Building a Culture of Innovation shortlisted for Management Gold

McGill University — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:13:14 +0000

The Management Book of the Year competition, which is now in its seventh year, was created to uncover the best books on management and leadership, and help raise the profile of the great management writing published in the UK.

Last year��s overall winner was Frugal Innovation by Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu, published by Profile (Economist Books). Previous overall and category winners include Steven D��Souza and Diana Renner, Richard Newton, Christopher Bones, Henry Mintzberg, Clayton M. Christensen and Philip Kotler.

Heading down the Road to 200

McGill University — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:04:13 +0000

A cornerstone of the Road to 200 is a series of events in Montreal and cities around the world with sizeable alumni communities. On September 22, more than 260 alumni and friends attended a fascinating discussion in Pointe Claire on memory loss as part of the Healthy Brains for Health Lives theme, featuring several leading brain researchers from the MNI and a special presentation from neuroscience pioneer Brenda Milner.

Musings on management

McGill University — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:27:20 +0000

Written by Henry Mintzberg?

Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense.

At least, the hype about management lacks common sense, as does too much of the practice. I should really say?im-practice, because the problems grow out of the disconnection between management and the managed.

Read full article: Live Mint, October 26, 2016?

Kevin O��Leary is Wrong! It is NOT All About The Money!

McGill University — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:44:08 +0000

I once went to see Kevin O��Leary at a Fireside Chat at Ryerson University��s Ted Rogers School of Management, just to experience him in a more intimate situation. He was as abrasive and blunt as he was on Dragon��s Den. He still said?��it was all about the money��?and it made me sad. Read what he says about business being war. I hate war and violence and we do not need more of that in our world.

Giving all citizens a ��loud and clear�� voice on health

McGill University — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:10:10 +0000

Senators have proposed emulating the UK��s NHS approach on citizen-centred healthcare and have urged the Oireachtas to consult with as many citizens as possible on the ��important future�� of Irish healthcare, writes Lloyd Mudiwa.?

...She also proposed that the Future Healthcare Committee consult with some of the experts who advocated for the proposals outlined, such as Dr Henry Mintzberg of McGill University, senior health economist Robert Yates of Chatham House, and Prof Michael West of the King��s Fund.

Managers and leaders in high demand

McGill University — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:48:38 +0000

In a crude sense, management can be broken into three parts - man, age and ment. It essentially speaks about people, times and actions. Veteran management thinker Henry Mintzberg often advocates that successful management involves interpersonal, informational and decisional roles.?

Read full article: Daily FT, October 10, 2016?

Of Empathy And Strategy

McGill University — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 15:40:29 +0000

Corporations have more data than ever about their consumers and customers, and advanced analytic platforms increasingly democratize data analysis.

Du pareil au m��me

McGill University — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:07:18 +0000

L'un de nous est Am��ricain, l'autre est Canadien; l'un est conservateur, l'autre est lib��ral. Nous vivons tous deux au Canada, une position privil��gi��e d'o�� suivre le d��roulement de l'��lection pr��sidentielle aux ?tats-Unis. Notre interrogation est la suivante : o�� sont les Am��ricains honn��tes parmi la classe politique et la population?

Managers, et si vous appreniez ��... vous taire!

McGill University — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:42:09 +0000

...Bref, nombre de dirigeants d'entreprise gagneraient clairement �� apprendre �� se taire. Ne serait que pour mieux ��couter ce que les autres ont �� leur dire. D'ailleurs, le professeur de management �� l'Universit�� McGill Henry Mintzberg lui-m��me en a fait une loi, celle du 50-50, qui stipule que ?tout dirigeant qui entre dans une discussion (en face-��-face, en r��union �� plusieurs, etc.) se doit de parler tout autant qu'elle ��coute?, sans quoi elle ne retirera jamais rien d'int��ressant de ses rencontres avec autrui.

Master of None: Wisdom of an MBA

McGill University — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:32:03 +0000

��It is time to recognise conventional MBA programs for what they are,�� says Henry Mintzberg, professor of management studies?at McGill University in Montreal, and one of the four all-time gurus of strategy. ��MBA programs train the wrong people in the wrong ways with the wrong consequences.?

Read full article: The Australian, September 15, 2016?

Are American Voters Trumped Both Ways?

McGill University — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:41:57 +0000

One of us is American and the other Canadian, one conservative, the other liberal. We live in Canada, a good vantage whence to watch the in U.S. election. Where, we wish to ask, are the good folks of America, in politics and in the population? In the population, they appear to be marginalized by a choice between one politician who is selling snake oil, 21st-century style, and another who epitomizes the establishment that many of them abhor -- business as usual.

The MBA For The Anti-MBA Crowd

McGill University — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:51:21 +0000

For decades, Henry Mintzberg, an academic at the Desautels Faculty of Management at?McGill University, has said that the MBA doesn��t teach management properly, and if graduates enter the workforce thinking they��re trained managers, he believes they could even be a danger to society.

Read full article: Poets & Quants, September 4, 2016

How Grantmaking Can Create Adaptive Organizations

McGill University — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:13:10 +0000

Coal mining was the economic lifeblood of eastern Kentucky for most of the twentieth century, providing families in this rural mountainous region with one of the few sources of a middle-class income. But those jobs began disappearing in the 1980s as producers switched from underground mining to surface mining and mountaintop removal. More recently, mining operations have shifted to western U.S. states as the coal seams in Central Appalachia have become depleted.

Are you a strategic thinker or just a planner?

McGill University — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:42:47 +0000

I made the point in the first of these columns that one of the main differences between leadership and management is the ability to have a strategic perspective and think strategically. This is universally expected of leaders, almost never taught to anyone formally, and therefore often marks one of the tougher transitions for very successful managers in becoming effective leaders.

Strategy Is Better Than Good Intentions

McGill University — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:13:55 +0000

Good intentions, energy and teamwork are necessary, but good strategy is also vital for nonprofit operations. The brainy stuff really comes in handy.

Speaking during the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Fundraising Day In New York 2016, David M. Sterling of Western New England University stressed the necessity of strategy within an organization.

World Social Forum reboots in Montreal

McGill University — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 14:45:39 +0000

Fifteen years after the World Social Forum (WSF) began with a huge gathering in Porto Alegre, Brazil, organisers are hoping to breathe new life into the anti-globalisation movement.

..."When I talk with Montrealers, no one is aware of this forum and so few people know about the WSF in general, whereas everyone knows Davos," said Henry Mintzberg, a professor at McGill University in Montreal, contrasting the WSF with its nemesis, the World Economic Form held each year in the posh Swiss Alps resort.

Les altermondialistes d��barquent �� Montr��al

McGill University — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 14:35:48 +0000

Environ 50 000 altermondialistes du Qu��bec et d'ailleurs sont attendus �� Montr��al �� partir du 9 ao?t pour participer au Forum social mondial (FSM), qui se tient pour la premi��re fois dans un pays occidental.

Do you run for cure? How about running for cause.

McGill University — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:48:00 +0000

You probably know people who have had some sort of cancer. You also know many more who will be getting these diseases��you just don��t know who they are. So when you ��Run for Cancer��, the money likely goes for those people who have the disease, to find a cure, rather than to the investigation of cause, so that many more people needn��t get the disease in the first place. We certainly need to celebrate concern for the ill, but shouldn��t we show equivalent concern for the healthy, so that they don��t get ill? Is not an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure?

Harvard Business School��s bricks-and-clicks spree

McGill University — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:55:07 +0000

As dean of Harvard Business School, part of Nitin Nohria��s job is to mythologise its vast campus. The inauguration last month of yet another new building offered a perfect marketing opportunity.

Not all are convinced that it equates to real experience, however. Henry Mintzberg, a McGill University management professor, is a long-time critic of MBAs and the case method, which he sees as too theoretical. He characterises the Field innovation as ��young know-nothings shooting off their mouths about things they don��t understand��.

Forum social mondial: par terre, pour la Terre

McGill University — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:09:18 +0000

Vous connaissez sans doute le Forum ��conomique mondial (FEM), ou du moins sa rencontre annuelle de Davos. Tous les mois de janvier, 2500 des personnes les plus influentes au monde envahissent ce lieu de vill��giature suisse pour faire bouger le monde, tout en s'assurant qu'il demeure solidement enracin�� dans la mondialisation de l'��conomie.

Harvard Business School��s bricks-and-clicks spending spree

McGill University — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:05:40 +0000

As dean of Harvard Business School, part of Nitin Nohria��s job is to mythologise its vast campus. The?inauguration last month?of yet another new building offered a perfect marketing opportunity.

...Not all are convinced that it equates to real experience, however. Henry Mintzberg, a McGill University management professor, is a long-time critic of MBAs and the case method, which he sees as too theoretical. He characterises the Field innovation as ��young know-nothings shooting off their mouths about things they don��t understand��.

Combining leadership skill and management capability

McGill University — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:40:44 +0000

Chris Lake, head of professional development at the NHS Leadership Academy, explores why leadership and management are equally important �C and why they can��t work in isolation.

Having spent twenty years in the business of studying leadership and developing leaders, there��s not a single definition of leadership, or even a set of definitions, that are nearly as coherent and unified as there are for management.

On the earth, for the Earth

McGill University — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:36:42 +0000

You have likely heard of the World Economic Forum (WEF), or at least its annual conference in Davos. Every January, 2500 of the world��s movers and shakers descend on this Swiss resort to shake the world, while ensuring that its roots remain firmly planted in economic globalization.

Sobre Papas e gurus

McGill University — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:34:38 +0000

Para al��m de seu carisma e das posi??es progressistas em temas delicados para a Igreja Cat��lica, �� poss��vel que o Papa Francisco fique na hist��ria por outro legado, mais discreto e incomum: a arruma??o de uma enorme e complexa casa chamada Vaticano. Segundo a imprensa, Jorge Mario Bergoglio contratou tr��s multinacionais de consultoria para examinar com lupa as finan?as da Igreja, bem como trouxe profissionais de mercado para ocupar posi??es gerenciais, em substitui??o a religiosos amadores.

We Need To Learn How To Manage With A Soul

McGill University — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:22:13 +0000

��Managing without soul has become an epidemic in society. Many managers these days seem to specialize in killing cultures, at the expense of human engagement.�� That��s what management guru?Henry Mintzberg?recently?wroteabout the current state of corporate culture on his blog.

Read full article: Forbes, June 19, 2016?

The Cult of the Leader

McGill University — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:06:18 +0000

The claim of this?recent book?by Manchester Business School professor Christopher Bones is that too much of a focus on ��leadership�� in business can be counterproductive and even dangerous for organizations. Seeing leaders as ��special beings�� risks creating what Henry Mintzberg called ��leadership apart��: leaders unconnected to their organizations, insulated from conflict, challenge, and debate; and unwitting creators of a culture of conformity and compliance rather than creativity and innovation.?

Managing

McGill University — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:02:22 +0000

Henry Mintzberg has been sharing his insights on management for almost 40 years. Often original and provocative, his booksThe Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning and Managers not MBAsare still widely cited, Mintzberg��s?Managing?brings together a lot of Mintzberg��s key ideas on the practice of management, as exemplified by Mintzberg��s observations of a day in working lives of 29 managers from a wide ride of organisations. For anyone wanting a concise and elegant statement of some of Mintzberg��s most important ideas,?Managing?is an excellent place to start.

From leadership to 'communityship'

McGill University — Mon, 30 May 2016 17:06:06 +0000

At the core of our existence is a common pool of energy, a deep well of creative capacity which we access whenever we share a sense of belonging to and caring for something larger than ourselves. To generate this common pool of creative capacity involves turning from a linear and closely-controlled leadership environment to a more integrative and holistic worldview. As Henry Mintzberg argued, we need to shift our focus from leadership to what he termed ��communityship�� in order to build greater organizational creativity for the future.

Doctors Without Borders chief Joanne Liu is determined to hold the world elite accountable

McGill University — Mon, 30 May 2016 15:39:14 +0000

Joanne Liu does not have much time to sit around watching Netflix, but on vacation recently, she caught a series that has captured her imagination:Homeland, the acclaimed political thriller about the fevered plots of U.S. spies and their terrorist enemies. The show stresses the intelligence community��s fallible humanity, but also its brutal comfort with collateral damage. Watching it, Dr. Liu says, ��You start thinking, ��How could Kunduz be a mistake?��

Morality in business: Oxymoron?

McGill University — Thu, 26 May 2016 15:47:02 +0000

There are those who would say that the term ��morality in business�� is an oxymoron �C a contradiction in terms. Businessmen like to believe that there are two sets of values �C one for individuals and a different one for businesses and corporations.

MBA �C m?t tr��i c?a t?m b?ng

McGill University — Tue, 10 May 2016 15:39:30 +0000

Kh?ng ph?i ng?u nhi��n m�� c��c nh�� tuy?n d?ng l?i ?a th��ch nh?ng sinh vi��n t?t nghi?p t? c��c tr??ng ?��o t?o chuy��n ng��nh Kinh doanh.

Theo kh?o s��t do H?i ??ng Tuy?n sinh Sau ??i h?c (Graduate Management Admission Council), M?, th?c hi?n v��o th��ng 01/2016, 96% nh�� tuy?n d?ng cho r?ng thu�� nh?ng sinh vi��n chuy��n ng��nh kinh doanh s? t?o ra nhi?u gi�� tr? h?n cho c?ng ty c?a h?.

Saving the Planet From Governments And Markets

McGill University — Tue, 10 May 2016 15:35:02 +0000

Countries have been signing the pledges they made last December at the Paris Conference on Climate Change. Think back to that time and ask yourself which had greater influence on your personal behavior: the TV clips you saw from that conference, or the ads that sponsored those clips?

R��quiem pels plans estrat��gics

McGill University — Mon, 09 May 2016 15:32:34 +0000

El 3 de febrer passat, Gas Natural Fenosa va presentar els resultats de l'exercici 2015 i va aprofitar per fer balan? del pla estrat��gic 2013-2015 en uns termes molt satisfactoris per l'assoliment dels objectius marcats. Tanmateix, la reacci�� dels mercats va ser negativa i els dies successius el preu de les accions va anar a la baixa. Hi va contribuir l'anunci de l'ajornament de la presentaci�� del nou pla estrat��gic a causa de la volatilitat dels preus energ��tics, segons va dir el conseller delegat de Gas Natural Fenosa, Rafael Villaseca.

Enough Of Hockey Nightmare In Canada

McGill University — Fri, 06 May 2016 14:03:17 +0000

Please read this one evening, during Hockey Night in America, when you have nothing to do. That no Canadian team made the playoffs this year may be a random occurrence. That none has won a Stanley Cup for 23 years is not. Something is up -- or down.

All kinds of explanations have been offered: the low Canadian dollar, higher taxes, questionable management, players preferring obscurity, and so on. Don't believe any of it; they are all excuses. The fans are here, the audiences are here, the money is here, and the energy is here, or at least could be.

No MBA? You Can Still be a Great Leader; Maybe Even a Better One

McGill University — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:39:45 +0000

According to?Forbes, there are ��three major disconnects�� that ��prevent business schools, especially those with full-time MBA programs,�� from developing leaders. Topping the list is a lack of sufficient emphasis on soft ��people�� skills, Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, told the magazine.

Panama Papers May Trigger Demand for Good Government

McGill University — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 14:06:13 +0000

The parallel universe of some of the world��s wealthy and their bankers was exposed just over a week ago by a massive leak on its inner workings. The Panama Papers concerning more than 200,000 offshore companies continue to create enough waves internationally that the whistleblower on the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca will, when identified, probably become known as the world��s leading ��Information Patriot.��

Self-directed coaching for McGill employees and teams

McGill University — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:03:23 +0000

Co-developed by Professor Henry Mintzberg and McGill grad Phil LeNir,?CoachingOurselvesis a tool for sparking employee discussion and growth. It��s found?success across Canada and around the world, and if you��re a McGill employee, you can use it for free to grow, network, and help achieve your full professional potential.

Read full article: McGill Reporter, April 5, 2016?

Managing Upward: A Key Part Of Being A Really Useful Manager For Your People

McGill University — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:19:13 +0000

The most important part of being a great boss is focusing on the people who work for you. Perhaps the second most important element is learning to effectively manage upward. Doing this well can be a great help to the people that work for you.

Ambition internationale, logique industrielle, risques financiers : le dilemme d��EDF

McGill University — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:33:27 +0000

Dans un contexte ��conomique de plus en plus difficile �� d��crypter et �� anticiper, l'agilit�� est devenue une comp��tence essentielle des organisations, qui se doivent de d��velopper leur adaptabilit�� sans sacrifier le volontarisme et la vision de long terme ��galement indispensables �� leur succ��s, voire �� leur survie.

Why it's time for business schools to radically rethink the MBA

McGill University — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:24:39 +0000

Employers love business school graduates. That's not just a wild claim: 96% of employers globally polled by the Graduate Management Admission Council in January 2016?said?that hiring such graduates creates value for their companies.

But that most-sought-after of business qualifications, the Master of Business Administration (MBA), is not above criticism. It has been accused by some of not meeting the needs of a changing market.

In this tough economic and political climate it's important to question whether business schools should be doing something differently.

Africa: Why It's Time for Business Schools to Radically Rethink the MBA

McGill University — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:54:03 +0000

But that most-sought-after of business qualifications, the Master of Business Administration (MBA), is not above criticism. It has been accused?by some?of not meeting the needs of a changing market.

In this tough economic and political climate it's important to question whether business schools should be doing something differently.

Why it's Time for Business Schools to Radically Rethink the MBA

McGill University — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 18:33:27 +0000

But that most-sought-after of business qualifications, the Master of Business Administration (MBA), is not above criticism. It has been accused?by some?of not meeting the needs of a changing market.

In this tough economic and political climate it's important to question whether business schools should be doing something differently.

3 questions �� se poser pour bien cerner son nouveau r?le de gestionnaire

McGill University — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:11:55 +0000

Apr��s quelques ann��es de loyaux services au sein de votre entreprise, vous venez d��tre promu gestionnaire. Bien que vous soyez du genre confiant et que vous ayez l��habitude de tout prendre en charge rapidement, vous avez soudainement l��impression de perdre pied. Comment apprivoiser ce nouveau r?le?

The real (and shocking) story of Kevin O'Leary's business career

McGill University — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:41:17 +0000

Buried in the back pages of the financial press last October was a story about the sale of his mutual fund company, O��Leary Funds, to Canoe Financial, an investment firm run by former Dragons�� Den cast member and entrepreneur Brett Wilson.

?Manager w?lzen Kosten auf die Gesellschaft ab?

McGill University — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:37:09 +0000

Henry Mintzberg ist ein BWL-Doyen. Mit den heutigen Managern und Business Schools geht er hart ins Gericht. Die Gier der VW-Manager sei nur die Spitze des Eisberges.

In einer losen Reihe widmet sich die ?Handelszeitung? den Gurus der Business Schools. Wie sehen sie die Welt? Was l?uft falsch in der Wirtschaft? Und was muss sich ?ndern? Den Auftakt macht Henry Mintzberg.

The bull in the China shop: Money managers short on history and long on panic

McGill University — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:54:28 +0000

The money managers have started 2016 in a blue funk �C but most are too young to remember what kicked off at the end of the 1980s and the fact that, with the exception of the instigator, we weren��t then doomed to years of economic gloom.

...Of course, professor Henry Mintzberg described the Davos gathering as the event "where the people who spend all year causing our problems take a few days prentending to fix them."

Communityship

McGill University — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 19:29:37 +0000

The moment I typed the heading, the Word spellchecker highlighted that there was no such word. It is in a way correct. It is refreshingly new. I came across it after reading the inspiring book, ��Simply Managing�� by one of my all-time favourites, Henry Mintzberg. Today��s column is an elaboration of it in relation to the Sri Lankan context.

Read full article: DailyFT, January 16, 2016

Canada Welcomes The Return Of Liberal Democracy

McGill University — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:28:33 +0000

In 1962, Saturday Night, the quintessentially Canadian magazine, was bought by a right-wing zealot who immediately shifted its content. He could change the script but not the institution, and so, in a year, the magazine was collapsing. As Arnold Edinborough resumed control, he opened the next issue with the line: "Before I was so rudely interrupted..."

... Henry Mintzberg is a Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management in Montreal.

How to Manage Workers Like a ��People Artist��

McGill University — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:24:41 +0000

Imagine a workplace where people don't care. Imagine spending eight hours a day working in anonymity. Imagine being told that the only recognition you need is your salary. We hope you would only have to imagine this, not experience it.

...Another example is Henry Mintzberg, a professor at McGill University in Montreal and one of the world's leading management writers and educators, believes that management is an art, craft and science. Henry offers a no nonsense approach to management, leadership and strategy.

These Four Letters Could Make You the Best...Boss...Ever

McGill University — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:40:00 +0000

The modern workplace is full of abbreviations: KPI, ROI, SWOT. But it��s a bit of alphabet soup from decades ago that could prove most critical to the success of managers in the digital age.
... Last month, at the?Global Drucker Forum?in Vienna, a number of experts on organizational and human behavior��Henry Mintzberg, JC Spender, Sherry Turkle, and others��implored managers to retain a close, personal connection with their employees and their customers, even though that may run counter to one��s instincts when everybody is just a click away.

End of hierarchy boosts front line managers' power

McGill University — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:58:42 +0000

The transition of work structures from 20th century hierarchical org structures to the more flexible, collaborative, networked work structures emerging in various organizations may herald the end of hierarchy but it does not mean a flat world of work, nor does it mean the end of management.

Rescuing Capitalism from Itself

McGill University — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:00:28 +0000

Article written by Professor Henry Mintzberg.?

In 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell alongside communism in Eastern Europe, pundits in the West proclaimed the triumph of capitalism. The American historian?Francis Fukuyama?even declared ��the end of history,�� writing in?National Interest��s summer 1989 issue that he saw?��the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.��

Read full article: Harvard Buisness Review, December 3, 2015

Rescuing Capitalism from Itself

McGill University — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:01:59 +0000

Article written by Professor Henry Mintzberg.?

Read full article: Harvard Buisness Review, December 3, 2015

Thinkers50, les oscars des id��es les plus stimulantes

McGill University — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:26:04 +0000

Le palmar��s Thinkers50, ��tabli tous les deux ans, encourage une saine ��mulation entre les experts en management du monde entier. Et s��emploie �� relayer quantit�� d��id��es novatrices aupr��s des dirigeants d��entreprise et de la soci��t�� civile.
Oscar du management, la c��r��monie Thinkers50 comporte un ??mur des c��l��brit��s?? et nombre de r��compenses sp��cifiques, dont une distinction d��honneur, cette ann��e, pour l��int��gralit�� des travaux du professeur Henry Mintzberg.

Trois programmes dans l'air du temps

McGill University — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:55:41 +0000

Des milliers d'��tudiants de partout dans le monde suivent gratuitement le cours en ligne Social Learning for Social Impact, travaillent en ��quipe et apprennent �� r��aliser des initiatives sociales qui auront des retomb��es. C'est la proposition du MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) de groupe, une premi��re �� l'Universit�� McGill.

Read full article: LaPresse, November 10, 2015

Henry Mintzberg - La Soci��t�� Plurielle

McGill University — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:09:07 +0000

Henry Mintzberg enseigne la gestion �� l��Universit�� McGill depuis 45 ans. La renomm��e de ce Montr��alais d��origine d��passe les fronti��res du Qu��bec et du Canada. Iconoclaste av��r��, le pro-fesseur Mintzberg aime quitter les sentiers universitaires battus pour emprunter des chemins moins fr��quent��s, des chemins parfois m��me marqu��s ??�� gauche??.

Read full article: Magazine Forces, November 3, 2015

Why corporate social responsibility isn't a piece of cake

McGill University — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:34:44 +0000

Written by Professor Henry?Mintzberg with his colleague?J.C.?Marques?

Although corporations can play important roles in addressing some of society��s problems, it��s na?ve to think that corporate social responsibility can turn the corporate landscape into a win-win wonderland.

Read full article:?MIT Sloan Management Review, June 16, 2015

We Still Need to Talk About the Globe's Bizarre Endorsement

McGill University — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:43:20 +0000

Article written by Professor Henry Mintzberg

On Friday before the election, the Globe and Mail?came out for the Conservatives...without Harper! As if they could re-engineer the election -- to have their conservative cake while eating its leader.?

The need for communities

McGill University — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:07:03 +0000

Article written by Professor Henry Mintzberg

If you want to understand the difference between a network and a community, ask your Facebook friends to help paint your house.?

The growing strength of LinkedIn's weak connections

McGill University — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:10:11 +0000

I've got a bunch of endorsements awaiting my approval to add them to my LinkedIn profile.
... "If you want to understand the difference between a network and a community," McGill University management scholar?Henry Mintzberg?wrote this week on HBR.org, "ask your Facebook friends to help paint your house."

Read full article:?Daily Herald, October 10, 2015

The Strength of LinkedIn's Weak Ties

McGill University — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:59:30 +0000

I��ve got a bunch of endorsements awaiting my approval to add them to my LinkedIn profile.
... ��If you want to understand the difference between a network and a community,�� McGill University management scholar?Henry Mintzberg?wrote this week on HBR.org, ��ask your Facebook friends to help paint your house.��

Read full article:?Bloomberg View, October 9, 2015

Henry Mintzberg to achieve Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award

McGill University — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:27:12 +0000

This year��s Thinkers50 ranking publication is getting closer. Besides that, they have already announced that?Henry Mintzberg?will receive the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. I think he is an excellent choice.

Read full article:?Eddielogic, October 7, 2015

La revoluci��n tranquila en las escuelas de negocios (s��, tambi��n tienen su Podemos)

McGill University — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:19:02 +0000

Uno de los parad��jicos efectos de la crisis fue el aumento del prestigio de las 'business schools'.
...��Los MBA forman a la gente equivocada con m��todos equivocados y traen consecuencias equivocadas��, lleg�� a afirmar uno de los m��s importantes gur��s del 'management',?Henry Mintzberg.

Read full artticle (in Spanish):?MSN Noticias, October 6, 2015

��H? UM BOT?O PARA DESLIGAR��

McGill University — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 14:07:19 +0000

O professor canadense Henry Mintzberg ir�� receber neste ano um pr��mio da Thinkers pelo conjunto de sua obra. A entidade publica o ranking dos 50 pensadores de neg��cios mais influentes da atualidade a cada dois anos. ?poca NEG?CIOS entrevistou Mintzberg em 2010. Confira os melhores momentos do bate-papo.

Read full article: ??poca NEG?CIOS, October 2, 2015

A different kind of MOOC

McGill University — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:43:51 +0000

The Desautels Faculty of Management launched a world��s first on September 16, coining a new word in the process. According to the people who put the course together, ��Social Learning for Social Impact�� is the very first GROOC (Group MOOC), a new massive open online course that��s designed to foster social collaboration, interaction and learning.

Henry Mintzberg to receive Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award

McGill University — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:59:04 +0000

Thinkers50, the premier ranking of global business thinkers, today announced that Henry Mintzberg is to be the recipient of its 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award �C previously won by Charles Handy and Ikujiro Nonaka.

Das Auto, now what?

McGill University — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:37:30 +0000

The biggest automaker in the world admits it screwed up. Rigging emissions tests on its diesel cars will cost Volkswagen billions. But what's happened to car owners' trust?
Our guest is Henry Mintzberg, a Cleghorn professor of management studies at McGill University and author of?Rebalancing Society: Radical Renewal Beyond, Left, Right, and Center.?He argues that what happened at Volkswagen was not a scandal, but a part of a pattern or syndrome.

How the Volkswagen scandal reflects entrenched corporate corruption

McGill University — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 15:23:41 +0000

Written by Henry Mintzberg

��What was Volkswagen thinking?�� This question makes a big assumption: that the Volkswagen people were thinking about anything beyond their greed. About decency, about our environment, about their progeny.

Okay, so you won��t be buying a Volkswagen. A Chevrolet? Watch out for the ignition. Or how about a Toyota? Just duck as the airbag comes your way. Do you, by any chance, see a pattern? Have webeen thinking?

Terence Corcoran: Nobody died in a Volkswagen

McGill University — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:01:50 +0000

Poor old VW, caught in the giant pincers of the U.S. regulatory machine that keeps closing in on car markers and car drivers in the name of the climate and the environment.?

Don't call it a scandal: Volkswagen corruption is a syndrome

McGill University — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:59:00 +0000

Written by?Henry Mintzberg

What were they thinking? That��s the question on everyone��s mind as the Volkswagen crisis unfolds. That question makes a big assumption: that the company��s leaders were thinking about anything beyond their greed. About decency, about our environment, about their progeny.

L'avenir du management, selon Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:38:02 +0000

Aristote enseignait la philosophie en d��ambulant, convaincu que cela aidait �� mettre l'esprit en mouvement. Nietzsche affirmait que ?les seules pens��es valables viennent en marchant?. Et aujourd'hui, un autre penseur s'y met : Henry Mintzberg, le professeur de l'Universit�� McGill.

Read full article: Les Affaires, September 19, 2015

McGill lance un premier ?GROOC? sur l��entrepreneuriat social

McGill University — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:46:19 +0000

Le 16 septembre prochain, le d��but des cours se fera en ligne pour les ��l��ves inscrits au premier ??GROOC?? (pour?Group MOOC) de la facult�� de gestion Desautels de McGill. ? travers un MOOC (massive open online course,?ou cours en ligne ouvert �� tous) pour groupes, les professeurs derri��re le projet, Henry Mintzberg, Leslie Breitner et Anita Nowak , r��volutionnent les codes de la classe traditionnelle pour initier une discussion sur l��initiative sociale.?

Gurus have ideas to improve meetings��do any work?

McGill University — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:09:27 +0000

Few words are more menacing to today's office worker: "Reminder: Meeting �� in 15 minutes."
... Neither meetings, nor widespread frustration with them, are a 21st century creation. In 1973, Canadian business management expert Henry Mintzberg was among the first to examine the problem. His book "The Nature of Managerial Work" found that more than half of managers' time in his sample was spent in meetings.

Read full article: CNBC, September 17, 2015

Para al��m da gest?o t��cnica

McGill University — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:47:46 +0000

��Contratamos executivos pelas habilidades t��cnicas e demitimos devido ao comportamento.�� Essa frase, dita com certa frequ��ncia por profissionais de recursos humanos, sintetiza um desafio comum aos programas de MBA (Master of Business Administration): como formar gestores aptos a lidar com problemas de contabilidade e finan?as, mas que tamb��m saibam articular o trabalho da equipe, lidar com processos de demiss?o e trabalhar em meio a cen��rios empresariais, sociais e pol��ticos complexos?

Henry Mintzberg veut changer le monde

McGill University — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:30:46 +0000

Le professeur et trois de ses coll��gues de la Facult�� de gestion Desautels ont cr�� le premier MOOC au monde destin�� aux groupes.

Why this GROOC will help you change the world

McGill University — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:40:59 +0000

This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to sit down with my McGill colleague Henry Mintzberg to talk about his new GROOC.

Za?to menad?er (ipak) treba imati poslovnu naobrazbu

McGill University — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:46:25 +0000

Vje?na rasprava o tome ra?aju li se lideri ili stvaraju, odnosno mo?e li se nau?iti biti vo?a, svoju konkretizaciju u okviru poslovne zajednice do?ivljava i u jednom u?e definiranom pitanju �C je li za uspje?nog menad?era nu?no formalno menad?ersko obrazovanje?
...?Jedan od najpoznatijih stru?njaka u podru?ju poslovnog obrazovanja Henry Mintzberg iznimno je kriti?an prema MBA programima najpoznatijih ?kola kao ?to su Harvard ili Wharton.

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McGill University — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:59:17 +0000

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Read full article: Oriental Daily News, September 11, 2015

Henry Mintzberg: Social learning for social impact

McGill University — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:32:55 +0000

Global��s Elysia Bryan-Baynes speaks to Professor Henry Mintzberg on his new ��Social Learning for Social Impact�� course at McGill University, which aims to inspire social change to create a positive and sustainable impact on the world.

Watch the interview: Global News, September 8, 2015

How a few ��spoiler�� seats could topple the Conservatives

McGill University — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:51:05 +0000

Henry Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University and the author of?Rebalancing Society (2015)

This is written on behalf of Canada��s silenced majority �C those of us who care deeply about our country but have been shut out by a government of micromanaged dogma. We consider Canada to be a nation of decency and balance, but for years we have been getting nastiness and bullying, alongside disrespect for basic democratic institutions.

Leadership is about a lot more than being the boss

McGill University — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:51:21 +0000

This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University with Talking Management for The Globe & Mail. Today I am delighted to sit down with my colleague Henry Mintzberg.

?Qu�� se entiende por estrategia de marca? (Parte I)

McGill University — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:17:09 +0000

Vivimos en un mercado poblado de productos y servicios similares donde la competencia es muy fuerte, por lo cual, el dise?o de la estrategia de una marca es muy importante para la vida y el futuro de los productos o servicios ��bautizados�� con un nombre. Iniciamos en esta edici��n el tema: Estrategia de Marca.?

??Il faut offrir �� chacun la chance de r��veiller ses talents latents??, affirme les professeur Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:17:17 +0000

Management �C Lorsqu��on leur demande s��ils se sentent engag��s dans leur travail, 37?% des Canadiens r��pondent?: ??Mon travail ne sert qu�� joindre les deux bouts. Je m��panouis, en fait, dans d��autres aspects de ma vie??... Y a-t-il moyen de relancer leur int��r��t pour le travail?? De les remotiver?? De les r��enchanter, m��me?? Henry Mintzberg, professeur de management �� l��Universit�� McGill et auteur d��une quinzaine de livres, dont celui �� succ��sG��rer dans l��action(?d. Transcontinental, 2014), a sa petite id��e sur le sujet.

India Inc's inheritors

McGill University — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:19:05 +0000

If the family-run set-up typifies Indian business, its future is in good hands. The next generation is infusing new entrepreneurial energy to take their firms to greater heights.
... Henry Mintzberg, who has authored several books on business and management, however notes that an MBA, for instance, gives one the tools but not leadership ability and that such degrees can even be counterproductive as they tend to reduce the importance of gut feeling and emotional intelligence.

The Sunday Edition, May 31, 2015

McGill University — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 17:06:14 +0000

Animal rights; Mintzberg on "rebalancing society"; Stiller & Meara; Dying in Switzerland; ALEC

Listen to the full episode: CBC, May 31, 2015

We��ve lost control of our own game

McGill University — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:21:25 +0000

Written by Professors Henry Mintzberg and Karl Moore

We Canadians may be tough guys on the ice, but off it, we��re wimps. We have allowed ourselves to lose control of our own game.

Read full article: The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2015

Staying in the Know

McGill University — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:18:53 +0000

In an era of information overload, getting the right information remains a challenge for time-pressed executives. Is it time to overhaul your personal knowledge infrastructure?
... We are not the first researchers to make this claim. More than 40 years ago, organizational theorist Henry Mintzberg suggested that information was central to managerial work and that the most important managerial roles revolved around information (monitoring, disseminating and acting as a spokesperson).

Money and politics part 1 - Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:43:17 +0000

One hears a lot about balance in politics these days. About finding the right balance between the economy and environmental protections. The right balance between security and civil liberties. The right balance between the rights of victims of crime, and compassion and rehabilitation for the offender. The right balance between tax cuts and government spending, and a balanced budget. It might not take a great deal of cynicism to suggest that after the political calculations have been done, the balance rarely works out to 50-50.

Faut-il revoir la formation des managers alg��riens ?

McGill University — Wed, 06 May 2015 14:16:57 +0000

Non seulement les formations en management offertes en Alg��rie ne pr��parent pas les managers �� g��rer les hommes, elles leur donnent l��illusion d��un pouvoir qui se r��v��lera fictif sur la ma?trise de leurs affaires.
... Dans son fameux livre paru en 2005, Managers not MBAs1, le grand?Henry Mintzberg?a frapp�� un grand coup en d��montrant de fa?on magistrale l��inad��quation des formations offertes dans les MBA classiques avec les r��els besoins du management contemporain.

Being busy: Blights and beatitudes

McGill University — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:45:20 +0000

Focus means concentrated attention. It refers to conscious and intentional actions by a person to achieve a particular objective. One needs discipline to overcome tendencies to deviate. It is easier said than done with regard to maintaining focus.?

...?It is easier said than done with regard to maintaining focus. Henry Mintzberg, a veteran management scholar discussed this in his book, The Nature of Managerial Work. Managers must typically work on a variety of tasks simultaneously and rely on their colleagues to complete a job.

When family ties put business in a bind

McGill University — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:10:16 +0000

The exceptional economic success of many European countries in the post-War period was characterised by the wide presence of family firms across the Continent. Particularly, in countries like Germany and Italy, family ownership came to be seen as the best guarantee of economic and social development. However, the consensus that family firms are good for growth has come under scrutiny in recent years.

Managing the family firm: Evidence from CEOs at work

McGill University — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:00:25 +0000

Management Students Learn from Businesses Born Out of Poverty

McGill University — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:37:03 +0000

A group of executive students from organizations around the world recently visited disadvantaged Indian districts to learn how micro-entrepreneurship is helping transform emerging economies. Witnessing the growth of entrepreneurship in underprivilidged areas first-hand, stduents on the International Masters in Practicing Management (IMPM) visited Myrada, a non-profit organization in Bangalore which helps people generate their own income.

A Brief History of Decision Making in Business

McGill University — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:29:37 +0000

Sometime in the midst of the last century, Chester Barnard, a retired telephone executive and author of the Functions of the Executive, imported the term "decision making" from the lexicon of public administration in to the business world. There it began to replace narrower descriptors such as "resource allocation" and "policy making". ... So Barnard -- and such later theorists as James March, Herbert Simon and Henry Mintzberg -- laid the foundation for the study of managerial decision making.

The bitter truth about entrepreneurial success

McGill University — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:27:04 +0000

If you have taken a class in entrepreneurship recently from the top business schools of the world, chances are that many of the lessons taught were not based on sound knowledge. Worse, it is likely that some of the content was nothing but platitudes, good wishes, or simply illusions: mediocre knowledge sold at the price of gold.

One last look at 2014: McGill��s year in review

McGill University — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:21:04 +0000

From naming Michael A. Meighen as the University��s new Chancellor in January to having two students earning Rhodes Scholarships in December, 2014 was yet another eventful year for McGill. As we head into the final weeks of 2014, the Reporter looks back on the year that was, highlighting some of the key happenings over the past 12 months in words and pictures.

Enter the GROOC: Better Than a MOOC?

McGill University — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:14:03 +0000

Now we can call a MOOC for what it is: Missed Opportunity for Online Collaboration. Otherwise?known as the Massive Online Open Course, the MOOC possesses a major downside �C students get flexibility and independence in their studies, and even the?freedom to learn �C usually for free �C while wearing nothing but last week��s?underwear,?but usually work without the benefit of team-based collaboration.

Why Every Agency Needs a Chief Management Officer

McGill University — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:07:29 +0000

Forty years ago, Henry Mintzberg, of McGill University, asked the simple question: ��What do managers do?��
To Mintzberg managers were not just corporate CEOs but also ��vice presidents, bishops, foremen, hockey coaches and prime ministers��people with ��formal authority�� for some kind of ��organizational unit.��

Read full article: Government Executive, January 8, 2015

The Elusiveness of Leadership

McGill University — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:27:35 +0000

When your correspondent entered the leadership field in the early nineties, not long after starting work as a middle manager, the economy was rebounding from a recession and a new buzz around leadership was emerging. Fueled by the writings of a growing cast of respected thinkers, this buzz not only re-introduced the writings of such luminaries as Peter Drucker, Mary Parker Follett and Jay Forrester, but also sought to explore the interconnection between leadership and?management.

The Next Big Thing In Business Education

McGill University — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:26:43 +0000

Everyone is looking to start-ups in Silicon Valley to find the next big thing in the business world, but what if the next big thing in business education isn��t coming from a start-up or even a big name school in the US, but from established institutions in Europe.

Schools of Thought in Strategic Management

McGill University — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:25:11 +0000

Strategic management focuses solely on the process a business goes through in creating a sustainable competitive advantage. Just as there��s usually more than one option for solving most business problems, there��s more than one school of thought for creating a strategic management plan. Some of the most commonly implemented by both large and small businesses are those identified by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel in 1998.

... Small-Business Significance

Ontario co-op movement could use a legislative leg-up

McGill University — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:32:13 +0000

Despite member-controlled and community-centric businesses gaining much appeal and generating billions in revenue, laws that govern co-ops in Ontario are strikingly outdated and restrictive.

McGill celebrates top teachers

McGill University — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:43:00 +0000

With the highest admission standards in Canada, McGill attracts many of the brightest students in the country and from around the world. Being entrusted to guide these exceptional students is a huge responsibility, which is why the Principal��s Prize for Excellence in Teaching was established in 2000 to celebrate teachers.

...?Faculty of Management Professor Henry Mintzberg was also honoured when he became only the fifth person to be presented with the McGill University Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning.

Rethinking Management Education And Its Models

McGill University — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:36:33 +0000

In?their book, The Business School In The Twenty-first Century, Howard Thomas, Peter Lorange and Jagdish Sheth share insights on designing the business school of the future and how to make it work.

?Queremos una universidad burocr��tica o innovadora?

McGill University — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:48:04 +0000

En los ��ltimos a?os hemos asistido a una serie de cambios en la universidad espa?ola, entre los que destaca su creciente burocratizaci��n. Si bien es verdad que cuando hace una d��cada se propusieron e introdujeron medidas que subrayaban la meritocracia, o promulgaban mejorar y normalizar en cierta medida los procesos de trabajo a trav��s de organismos como la ANECA, en general estas fueron muy bien recibidas por la comunidad universitaria.

The default mode for managers needs a reset

McGill University — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:37:12 +0000

Grayson Perry, the transvestite artist, took aim last month at "default man": the cabal of white, middle-class, heterosexual, middle-aged males who run the British establishment.

The fall of the Berlin Wall��a triumph for capitalism?

McGill University — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:43:14 +0000

The Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago; hence we are now hearing a good deal about it. We are not, however, hearing much about the adverse impact this has been having on so many lives ever since. While the collapse of the wall freed the East Berliners of the shackles of communism, vast numbers of people around the world have since been shackled by another dogma, thanks to a misunderstanding of what brought that wall down.?

Decepcionante Informe ��Espa?a 2018�� de las grandes empresas y la RSE

McGill University — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 17:15:31 +0000

Una gran ocasi��n perdida

Las grandes empresas espa?olas se han manifestado con una bater��a de medidas sobre el empleo a trav��s del ��Informe Espa?a 2018��??presentado por el?Consejo Empresarial de la Competitividad, formado por representantes del Instituto de la Empresa Familiar y los Presidentes de 15 grandes empresas globales espa?olas.

New building to give Sheridan room to grow

McGill University — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:48:16 +0000

College degree programs in business are proving popular with students, with one Ontario institution expanding its footprint to meet demand.

Sheridan College has announced plans for a 220,000-square-foot building to open in fall 2016 at its Mississauga campus, named for the municipality��s long-serving and just-retired mayor Hazel McCallion. The new building will house an expanded business faculty and other disciplines.

...?New honours for Henry Mintzberg

Henry Mintzberg receives McGill University Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning

McGill University — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:37:52 +0000

Henry Mintzberg has received the 2014 McGill University Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning for his extraordinary contributions to teaching and learning at the University over the last four decades.

Trium tops FT Executive MBA programme rankings 2014

McGill University — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:21:10 +0000

For the first time in six years, a new challenger has topped the FT��s ranking of executive MBA programmes.

��Los bonus de los ejecutivos destruyen las compa?��as��

McGill University — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:12:27 +0000

No le gustan los MBA. No le gusta George W. Bush. No le gustan los disparatados bonus de los ejecutivos. No le gusta el enorme poder de las grandes corporaciones en nuestras vidas. Y sostiene, con alarma, que se est��n dando algunas condiciones en Estados Unidos similares a las de la Alemania e Italia de principios de los a?os treinta del siglo pasado.

Universities experiment with their own MOOCs

McGill University — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:39:01 +0000

Some three years after the first U.S. MOOC was launched to great fanfare, massive open online courses are becoming part of the higher-ed mainstream. Some of the largest Canadian universities are expanding their course offerings and applying the lessons they learn to the benefit of paying, on-campus students.

FGV/EBAPE offers 4th edition of the International Master��s Program in Rio de Janeiro

McGill University — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:26:17 +0000

From today (23rd) until October 3, the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) of Funda??o Getulio Vargas will hold the fourth edition of the?International Master��s in Practicing Management (IMPM), an international Master��s program focused on management practices in Brazil.

Chef de file de l��conomie sociale et de l��investissement responsable

McGill University — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:43:47 +0000

La carte d��affaires de la Caisse d��conomie solidaire Desjardins se lit comme suit?: principale institution financi��re consacr��e �� l��conomie sociale et �� l��investissement socialement responsable (ISR) au Qu��bec. Elle soutient financi��rement pr��s de 3000 coop��ratives, organismes �� but non lucratif, syndicats et entreprises socialement engag��es. Au 31?d��cembre 2013, son chiffre d��affaires d��passait les 1,4?milliard de dollars et son actif tournait autour de 738?millions.

Extraordinary Pakistanis

McGill University — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:38:53 +0000

It takes a certain type of courage to bite the hand that feeds you. Dr Shahid Qureshi is a fierce critic of the way business schools churn out graduates in Pakistan and elsewhere in the world.?

There's no such thing as a strategic plan

McGill University — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:07:32 +0000

'Strategic' and 'Plan' are two different concepts. A strategy iswhat?we need to do to get from A to B (and deciding on what point B actually is). The plan is more specific and tells ushow?we will get to point B (the details).

...?No review of the concept of 'Plan' would be complete without the contribution of the renowned academic?Professor Henry Mintzberg?of McGill University. He contends that the definition of strategy is a multiple one, composed of 5Ps: Plan, Pattern, Position, Perspective and Ploy.?

Henry Mintzberg receives 2014 CK Prahalad Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award

McGill University — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 20:28:49 +0000

Professor Henry Mintzberg has been selected to receive the 2014 CK Prahalad Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award given by the Strategic Management Society. This prize, created in 2011 to honour the legacy of CK Prahalad, is awarded annually to a scholar-practitioner who has used applied learning to influence how theory and research guide practice. Special attention is given to a scholar-practitioner whose contributions have shaped the understanding of global strategic leadership.

The worth of academic research for business

McGill University — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:55:08 +0000

The value of research is best realised when academics are prepared to descend from their rarefied elevations and recognise that practitioners have an important role to play in knowledge production.

Customer Centric Metrics rescue retailer from Strategic Eccentrics: Customers take care of The Profits

McGill University — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:52:04 +0000

Tom Peters has long argued the case for Customer Centricity. At the 2011 Progress Conference he said; ��The magic formula that business has revealed is to treat their customers like guests and their employees like people.�� So what is his 2013 take on strategy and leadership? Think of this as ��Tom Peter��s Balanced Scorecard��.

La semaine de trois jours pr?n��e par Carlos Slim

McGill University — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:11:43 +0000

La proposition de Carlos Slim d��une semaine de travail de trois jours semble folle. Mais beaucoup, en 1922, pensaient Henry Ford fou quand il a annonc�� que son personnel travaillerait cinq jours par semaine.

World��s second richest man calls for three-day working week

McGill University — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:04:06 +0000

Carlos Slim��s proposal that we work a three-day week sounds crazy. But many, in 1922, thought?Henry Ford?crazy when he announced that his staff would work a five-day week.

Combine hard and soft data

McGill University — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:59:48 +0000

We tend to admire leaders who proclaim, ��If you can��t measure it, you can��t manage it.�� But what if that��s not necessarily true?

...?�� Adapted from?Simply Managing,?Henry Mintzberg, Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Read full aticle:?Business Management

The End of Thinking?

McGill University — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:53:59 +0000

Francis Fukuyama revisited his influential "End of History?" article recently and?told readers of the?Wall Street Journal?(on June 6) that he was right after all.

Why Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are so successful, in one word

McGill University — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:46:10 +0000

When Bill Gates first met Warren Buffett, their host at dinner, Gates�� mother, asked everyone around the table to identify what they believed was the single most important factor in their success through life.?Gates and Buffett gave the same one-word answer: ��Focus.��

...?The answer is to develop and value both types of focus.?Professor?Henry Mintzberg?taught that there are two sources of strategy:

Re-building Lac-Megantic

McGill University — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:28:42 +0000

McGill students Cecile Branco and Bernard d��Arche [winners of the?McGill Dobson Cup] tell Camille Ross about their innovative plan to help re-build Lac-Megantic after the devastating train accident.

Watch video:?Global Montreal

MOOCs and GROOCs on the move

McGill University — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:54:18 +0000

McGill��s initial experiment with Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, has been a success and the first offering, Food for Thought, will be repeated next year.

Canada��s partnership opportunity

McGill University — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:28:11 +0000

Canada has excellent universities: for example, our share of highly cited publications is nearly 10 times our share of the world population. We also have great companies, and according to a 2014 Bloomberg ranking, Canada is the second-best country in the world in which to do business. Over the last 15 years, our governments have put in place many new investments in research and development, as well as innovation-friendly policies.

Pour un management dynamique des finances publiques

McGill University — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:27:38 +0000

Invit�� derni��rement �� la Chambre Fran?aise de Commerce et d��Industrie du Maroc (CFCIM) pour d��battre du th��me pluridisciplinaire : ? Pour un management dynamique des finances publiques ?, M. Noureddine Bensouda, Tr��sorier g��n��ral du Royaume a pr��sent�� un expos�� explquant son parti pris ce type de management.?

Is Strategic Philanthropy Yesterday��s News?

McGill University — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:35:16 +0000

As I read the lead article in the latest issue of?Stanford Social Innovation Review, ��Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World,�� by John Kania, Mark Kramer, and Patty Russell, I tried to imagine what it would feel like to do so from the vantage point of the director of a small nonprofit.

El fen��meno de las estrategias emergentes

McGill University — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:54:08 +0000

Por Jerko Juretic.?Si usted le pregunta a cualquier persona de su empresa qu�� es una estrategia, la mayor��a le responder��a que es un plan de acci��n elaborado por la alta direcci��n.

...?En 1978, el experto en management,?Henry Mintzberg, propuso que la estrategia tambi��n pod��a ser entendida como un patr��n consistente de acciones en el tiempo, desarrollada de manera intencional -o no- por una compa?��a.?

06-04-14 Say it Again and Again

McGill University — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:28:46 +0000

Your strategy to accomplish great results personally, at home and at work has the best chance of success if you invest in it, live it out, and communicate it widely. How often do you hear of plans that are promised but never even attempted? Those are strategies with no life; they are not authentic. Remember, all those implicated in a strategic plan and its actions ought to know it, have the opportunity to embrace it, and promote it.

The psychology of strategy

McGill University — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:27:09 +0000

The psychology of strategy is all about achieving desired objectives, according to business strategy experts. Inherent in this definition is a process of prioritising and focus.

Il lavoro manageriale in pratica

McGill University — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:47:17 +0000

Il lavoro manageriale, di?Henry Mintzberg, �� considerato uno dei pi�� importanti e influenti testi di management degli ultimi anni. Un vero e proprio must per ogni manager. In questo nuovo volume ��Il lavoro manageriale in pratica. Quello che i manager fanno e quello che possono fare meglio��, edito da Franco Angeli, l��autore ha voluto aggiornare e distillare l'essenza del suo pensiero in un libro pi�� snello, operativo, orientato all'azione.

P��diatre sans limites

McGill University — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:43:16 +0000

Cette semaine, je n'ai pas mang�� avec Joanne Liu.?Nous avons simplement pris un caf�� sur Notre-Dame Ouest, non loin du march�� Atwater.

Will An MBA Degree Make You A Good Leader?

McGill University — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:39:29 +0000

Not necessarily, argues economist Vangelis Tsiligiris, stating that leadership is all about understanding change and nurturing innovation.

Gentle Stewardship

McGill University — Wed, 21 May 2014 15:47:11 +0000

Humility is the key to ��good�� leadership and the antidote to those models of ��heroic�� leadership that were always doomed to fail, writes Sharon Turnbull.

Good Leaders Don't Forget About Community

McGill University — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:38:26 +0000

Since the 1980s we have heard much about ��leadership��; its impact on organizations and being a valued and rare quality. Countless numbers of books, articles, research projects, seminars and papers have been devoted to this subject. A Google search of the term leadership will yield 147 million hits. Must be important!

Mintzberg On Why You Need To View A Company As 'A Community Of Human Beings'

McGill University — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:18:57 +0000

��I��m a human being, not a human resource��. Is something I have heard my colleague Henry Mintzberg say a number of times. It really seems to resonate with people. Recently Henry published on his website an e-pamphlet called Rebalancing Society. In it he argues that society rests on three key pillars: government, business and what he calls plural society. Henry believes that business today in the West has too much power and we need more of the plural society.

-Article by Karl Moore

Mintzberg, le grand oracle du management

McGill University — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:58:11 +0000

Nous voici donc face �� l��ic?ne.

The Art (NOT Science) of Management�Cand Its Cousin Leadership

McGill University — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:04:56 +0000

It seems that a number of people want to be scientists, or at least in the sense of ostensibly adding credibility to their respective field of work. Economists (of which I��ve been a practitioner since 1982) and those in the leadership field (yours truly since the early nineties) covet the science moniker. Adding the word ��science�� adds a certain cachet to one��s profession.

D��s��quilibre social

McGill University — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:59:47 +0000

? l��occasion de la sortie de son pamphlet ?R��quilibrer la soci��t��?, l��acad��micien de renomm��e mondiale?Henry Mintzberg?discutait au Cercle Universitaire de McGill, jeudi 27 mars, de sa conception des priorit��s sociales. La soci��t��, dit-il, est compos��e de trois piliers qu��il faut savoir ��quilibrer: le public, le priv��, et ce qu��il appelle le pluriel, ?la soci��t�� civile?. Ces trois piliers donnent lieu �� trois types de besoins: les besoins individuels, communs et nationaux.

Une guerre pour aider des femmes

McGill University — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:58:38 +0000

Women for Women International est une organisation non gouvernementale (ONG) ?uvrant �� aider les femmes dans des pays qui ont ��t�� affect��s par des conflits militaires. Depuis quelques mois, un groupe de dix ��tudiants a d��cid�� de lutter pour cette cause �� l��chelle de l��Universit�� McGill. Le D��lit a pu avoir une entrevue avec Zo? Holl, responsable m��dias et communications et Faustine Rohr-Lacoste, co-fondatrice et responsable ��v��nements et lev��es de fonds.

Talking Management witk Karl Moore: Why You Need to View a Company as 'a Community of Human Beings'

McGill University — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 18:57:36 +0000

Professor?Karl Moore?of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University speaks to professor?Henry Mintzberg?about his new e-pamphlet "Rebalancing Society."

Read full transcript:?The Globe and Mail, April 1, 2014?

Finding Ways to Inspire Confidence

McGill University — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 19:39:18 +0000

Managing is easy. Getting people to do what you tell them that is hard.

... In his book ��Simply Managing��?Henry Mintzberg?emphasizes the concept of ��engaging management�� in a way that utilizes a sense of respecting, trusting, caring, inspiring and listening to get the best of everyone in the organization.

Read full article:?The Nonprofit Times, March 17, 2014

How Women Leaders Have Transformed Management

McGill University — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:18:41 +0000

In a recent New York Times column, ��How to Get a Job at Google,�� Thomas Friedman interviews Laszlo Bock, the company��s senior vice president for people operations (which seems to be Google-speak for talent management). Bock notes that because constant innovation is increasingly a group endeavor, people who succeed in the company ��tend to be those with a lot of soft skills: leadership, humility, collaboration, adaptability, and loving to learn and re-learn.��

Le prof Mintzberg persiste et signe

McGill University — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:23:11 +0000

Voil�� 41 ans que le professeur Henry Mintzberg jette son regard critique sur les organisations, leurs strat��gies et leurs leaders. Son 17e livre, sorti le 1er mars, est un fait un e-pamphlet, ou brochure ��lectronique. Sous le titre Rebalancing Society, Mintzberg tourne cette fois son regard inquiet sur la soci��t��. Mais qu'est-ce qui trouble ainsi le sommeil du plus international des professeurs qu��b��cois de gestion ?

The Strange Psychology of Expectations

McGill University — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:56:26 +0000

When Facebook announced its astounding $19bn takeover of 55-employee WhatsApp, entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and other tech startup hubs around the world were shocked.

... For managers, there are three important takeaways. First, focus on surprises �� large and small �� for the information it can reveal about what we are doing. The great management scholar?Henry Mintzberg?once said that managers should only pay attention to the unexpected. Imagine how much free time would open up if we really followed that advice?

Real Trouble

McGill University — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:32:39 +0000

Don't go talking "real world" with Henry Mintzberg. It's a silly term that drives him mad, especially when management skills are at stake.?

"The word 'real world' is a red flag for me," says Mintzberg, McGill University's John Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies. "Real world is out there. You don't simulate a real world. We don't play business in our classroom."

Henry Mintzberg��s Un-MBA Management Program

McGill University — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:02:13 +0000

Lili Hall (IMPM'13) came across the International Masters Program in Practicing Management (IMPM) by chance. She had considered MBA programs before, but the standard options seemed too formulaic. ��Every time I looked at the curriculum, I��d get sad,�� she says. As the founder and CEO of KNOCK, inc., a creative agency, Hall had already enjoyed a lot of professional success. She wasn��t looking to switch industries or climb the corporate ladder. ��For me, it was very personal,�� she explains. ��I wanted to be challenged personally, and obviously professionally.��?

5 Ideas for Crafting a Manager

McGill University — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:58:08 +0000

The concept of leadership is always a big one in the nonprofit sector, and the facts of a looming retirement binge, as well as changes in the landscape, make the development of top-notch managers more important.

In his book ��Simply Managing�� Henry Mintzberg writes about efforts to help in the development of management in a variety of setting. He offers a look at the ideas that lie behind these efforts.?

Why We Need to Rescue Liberal Arts Education for Prosperity

McGill University — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:00:26 +0000

The recent economic downturn, Wall Street debacle and string of ethical and moral scandal surrounding a number of prominent business leaders has led some observers to question the value and focus of vocationally oriented, pragmatic education programs such as business education and, particularly the MBA. The importance of a Liberal Education is once again gaining some attention.

Mintzberg's Five Types of Organizational Structure

McGill University — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:23:01 +0000

Henry Mintzberg?graduated from McGill University with a degree in mechanical engineering and holds a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been a Cleghorn professor of management studies at McGill since 1968. His early books include "The Structuring of Organizations: A Synthesis of the Research," published in 1979, and "Structure in 5's: Designing Effective Organizations," published in 1983. In these books he introduces his five types of organizational structure and how they influence the functioning of organizations.

Paying Attention to Small Decisions Pays Off?

McGill University — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:00:02 +0000

In continuing my coverage of the ideas of Jeroen De Flander in The Execution Shortcut, let me first introduce the problem of missing prioritization information. It describes a situation in which those responsible for implementing a strategy have to balance two contradictory strategy elements and still make the right decision. In reality, there are many such situations and each gets in the way of successful strategy execution.

Who Is the Most Influential Living Management Thinker?

McGill University — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:42:00 +0000

The Thinkers50 2013 provides the answer. Described as the Oscars of Management Thinking, the global ranking is published every two years and is the essential guide to which thinkers and which ideas matter now - and which have been consigned to business history. Who gets the plaudits in 2013?

... Hall of Fame: 2013 also sees the creation of the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame. Among those given this accolade are Tom Peters, Henry Mintzberg, and the originators of the Blanaced Scorecard Robert Kaplan and David Norton.

Why Analysis Is Not Enough And Passion Is So Important - A Story From Henry Mintzberg

McGill University — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:44:32 +0000

In the Analytic module of our International Masters In Practicing Management and our Advanced Leadership Program for executives, my colleague Henry Mintzberg likes to use this story to show how analysis can get in the way of really understanding an organization and its purpose.

��A young, enthusiastic MBA was finally given the opportunity to apply his learning. He was asked to carry out a survey of a group with which he was not normally familiar and submit recommendations as to how its efficiency could be increased.

The IMPM Innovations & Teaching Approach

McGill University — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:45:49 +0000

The International Masters in Practicing Management (IMPM) programme is 18 years old but continues to be seen as one the world��s most innovative senior management degree programmes. Leslie Breitner and Dora Koop explain how the programme has retained its freshness for so long.

May 3 - Elections in Canada; Fund Drive Interview with Robert McChesney

McGill University — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:25:30 +0000

Henry Mintzberg, a Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University in Montreal discusses the potential change in Canada's social democracy.

Listen to full interview: Background Briefing with Ian Masters

MBA Travellers Aim to Broaden Their Horizons

McGill University — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 15:20:26 +0000

Over the past year, thousands of MBA students will have travelled overseas with the aim of ensuring that they graduate as well-rounded global business people.
... Henry Mintzberg, professor of management studies at Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, who is renowned for his rejection of conventional MBA education, has strong views on the topic.

Run For The Hills: They Want To Send You On A Management Training Course!

McGill University — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:56:04 +0000

Phil and I remember being younger managers in large multinationals (IBM for me) back in the 90��s, and in my case, the 80��s. We were sent to a variety of short training courses, and we honestly can��t say that we remember anything they tried to teach us. Except for one lesson. In fact, it was so powerful that we never forgot it. In many ways, you can say it shaped much of Phil��s career and eventually led both of us to work with Professor Henry Mintzberg in management development.

When A Work Environment Is Too Positive

McGill University — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:52:54 +0000

One of the biggest growth areas in research in management is the role of emotions at work. When I was working at IBM in the 1980s, if anyone got emotional during a meeting, we��d stop the meeting and have coffee, until everyone calmed down. This seemed to happen whenever emotion ��reared its��ugly head��. Of course, there was plenty of emotion back then, but we undervalued it. Analysis was sovereign. Things are different today.

Entrevue - Le ?secteur pluriel?, solution �� l��impasse de la polarisation

McGill University — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:45:08 +0000

Il est plus que temps de se lib��rer de l��opposition st��rile entre gouvernements et entreprises priv��es et du dogme du ? tout au march�� ? pour enfin revenir �� une approche plus ��quilibr��e qui ferait une place �� part enti��re �� une troisi��me sorte d��acteurs issus de la soci��t��, estime le c��l��bre expert en gestion montr��alais Henry Mintzberg.

Lire l'article complet: Le Devoir, le 06 juillet 2013

IMHL Collaborators Win Grand Challenges Canada Grant

McGill University — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:05:01 +0000

Students in McGill University��s International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL) program -- Drs. Padma Venkat, Caroline Kisia and Ahmad Firas Khalid -- are pleased to announce that a low-cost copper device, which has been proven in the lab to kill deadly water-borne pathogens, will be field-tested in poor urban and rural households in India and Kenya with a $100,000 Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) Phase I Proof-of-Concept Grant as part of the 2013 Global Health Stars.

Research? Most People Cannot Understand It

McGill University — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:30:01 +0000

Should business school students be made to foot the bill for academic research that no one reads? Not any more, says Larry Zicklin, a former chairman of Wall Street investment firm Neuberger Berman, a clinical professor at New York University��s Stern School and a lecturer on ethics at the Wharton school at the University of Pennsylvania.

Developing the international management mindset

McGill University — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:36:23 +0000

Despite the relative slowdown in its rate of growth recently, it seems more than possible that China can expect to become the world��s leading economic power at some point in the foreseeable future.

But if the country is to achieve its full potential, it will need to reach out beyond its traditional markets into new and increasingly competitive ones around the world. And, along the way, it will almost certainly need to build and sustain corporate structures that do not just embrace Chinese nationals, but individuals from a very wide variety of other nations and cultures.

Les ravages du market timing

McGill University — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:44:19 +0000

Entrer dans le march�� boursier quand il va bien et en sortir quand il va mal, ou l��inverse, est au c?ur de la strat��gie de synchronisation du march��. Il existe plusieurs fa?ons de tenter de surpasser le march�� et de d��jouer les indices, mais toutes comportent leurs risques, �� la fois au plan du rendement, de l��conomie et de la soci��t��.

Rebalancing Society

McGill University — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:45:00 +0000

Leading management thinker Professor Henry Mintzberg delivered a lecture at IIM Bangalore as post of the EPGP seminar series. He spoke on ��Rebalancing Society�� radical renewal beyond, left, right and centre.��

Read full article: Bangalore Mirror, February 13, 2013

'An MBA teaches you business, not management'

McGill University — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:52:43 +0000

Henry Mintzberg has been called a consistently contrary Canadian academic who sometimes seems to be undermining the very industry that he works in by The Economist. A noted author, management guru and a frequent visitor to India since 1995, Mintzberg, who's been a professor of management studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada for 40 years, spoke to TOI-Crest about why governments can't really solve big global crises, what doesn't work with teaching management and why we really need to recognise what he calls 'the plural sector.'

��Community-ship is the only way��

McGill University — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:39:36 +0000

��Governments all over the world have reached a point where they can do nothing at all for the society,�� opened Henry Mintzberg, celebrated academician, author and faculty at the McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In town for a talk at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) on Tuesday, the author also said that it was time people stopped looking at their respective governments for solutions.

We need to balance private and public sectors with communities

McGill University — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:39:46 +0000

Bangalore: Henry Mintzberg, ranked the 9th most influential management thinker by the Wall Street Journal, has been coming to India since 1996 on a joint course with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. On Tuesday, the McGill University professor was at IIM-Bangalore to deliver a talk on how nations need to move beyond the politics of the left and the right and achieve a balanced society. In an interview, he spoke on the need to balance the private and public sectors with what he calls the plural sector.

Clean capitalism: Maybe it does exist?

McGill University — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:54:18 +0000

A prolific author of 150 articles, 15 books, and a few short stories, Henry Mintzberg has been a professor at his alma mater McGill University for 40 years. He's currently the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management, and for much of the past decade has been developing new approaches to management education and development.

In Defense of the CEO

McGill University — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:57:10 +0000

A $90,000 area rug, a pair of guest chairs that cost almost as much, a $35,000 toilet and a $1,400 trash can��these are just a few of the expenses from a remodeling of John Thain's office when he took over as Merrill Lynch's chief executive officer in December 2007. The total bill came to an astonishing $1.2 million��about the price of five average single-family homes.

Young People Stop Just Texting Me And Give Me A Call Once In A While! PLZ Part Deux

McGill University — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:48:55 +0000

This week is the 20th anniversary of the 1st text. As a middle aged person I have mixed feeling about this. I can��t decide if it��s got worst or maybe better. This week I got messages by text, email, Twitter, Facebook, voice mail, phone, cell phone, in person and a fax! The fax brought back some fond memories �C it��s been a while.

The wrong direction

McGill University — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:14:59 +0000

To mark the journal��s 90th anniversary, the Harvard Business Review website has run a series of blogs and articles under the strapline ��Why Management Matters��. Alas, the content does not engage with the proposition itself, taking the importance of management for granted.

Change and Continuity: Mintzberg and Kotter Agree, You Must Manage Both

McGill University — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:20:46 +0000

It seems every Business School professor starts by saying how much the world has changed�� C that was Henry Mintzberg��s opening to a session on change, not unsurprisingly Henry takes a different tack. He points out that continuity is as important as change. We are co-teaching strategy to a group of Chinese executives today, and I had to sheepishly admit I had done just that earlier in the day!

-Article by Karl Moore

It's time to rebalance our sectors and society

McGill University — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:48:10 +0000

Governments and corporations can't be relied upon to provide solutions to our biggest problems �C instead we must look to ourselves that we face serious problems �C poverty amid plenty, the degradation of our physical, social, and economic environments, terrorism by fanatic cells and rogue states, and so on �C is clear. But how our established institutions �C governments and businesses �C deal with them, even when responsive and responsible, is not. We need another way.

-Article by Henry Mintzberg

Talking Management with Karl Moore: How to rebalance the economy with the help of the 'plural' sector

McGill University — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:34:14 +0000

Prof. Karl Moore speaks with Prof. Henry Mintzberg about a forthcoming electronic pamphlet by Mintzberg on "rebalancing society" with the help of the "plural sector."?

Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, October 9, 2012

Henry Mintzberg On What Is Wrong With Our Economy and How To Begin To Fix It

McGill University — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:17:27 +0000

Henry Mintzberg is one of the most thoughtful and provocative thinkers in management today. He has a new electronic pamphlet coming out called ��Rebalancing Society.�� In this interview Henry tells what he thinks is wrong with our economies and what might be the way forward.

-Article by Karl Moore

Read full article: Forbes, October 16, 2012

In 1973, Managers Could Work 23 Minutes Without Distraction. And Today?

McGill University — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:22:54 +0000

A study of business managers reports the following findings:

Managers scarcely have time to start on a new task or to sit down before they are interrupted.

Only 12 times in the study did the manager succeed in working undisturbed in his office for at least 23 minutes.

��The brevity of many of the manager��s activities is most surprising��Half of the observed activities were completed in less than nine minutes, and only one tenth took more than an hour.

Growing Together: Synthetic Teamwork

McGill University — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:56:27 +0000

In Henry Mintzberg��s 1994 landmark book, ��The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning,�� the author calls for a new method to create effective strategies. He notes that ��Strategic planning isn��t strategic thinking. One is analysis, the other is synthesis.��

Finding happiness the MBA way

McGill University — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:13:22 +0000

These days, when Jesper Hornberg goes to work he's likely to be stepping into a mud hut in Kenya, checking on a solar lamp. He's the founder of an NGO called Givewatts, which is trying to reduce dependence on kerosene lamps. Rather than having to work in the poor light given off by kerosene, children whose families have his lamps can now see well enough to do their homework. In some cases, their school test scores have increased by 50%.

Is an MBA Still Necessary?

McGill University — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:48:53 +0000

It used to be that top corporations picked up MBA graduates as fast as schools could slap mortarboards on their heads. These young guns drove corporate reorganization, product innovation and marketing and implemented new styles of leadership. They were a symbol of a new culture, and anyone serious about a career in business aspired to earn those three letters.

Face time with the stars

McGill University — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:28:48 +0000