Published by FT Publishing International (July 9, 2013) © 2013
Henry Mintzberg | Bruce Ahlstrand | Joseph Lampel"Henry Mintzberg's views are a breath of fresh air which can only encourage the good guys." The Observer
Tied up in knots by KPIs? Confused by core competencies? Management doesn’t have to be this way. In fact, it shouldn’t be!
One of today’ best-known and most controversial thinkers on management has joined forces with other leading business figures to provide a thought-provoking mix of writing on management. The cutting edge views depicted in this book are controversially the opposite of what is often held up as the truth in management.
Management? Its Not What you Think! brings readers an unusual mix of perspectives to help stimulate more creative management thinking and more enjoyable, challenging and more productive ways to lead their teams. This is a book readers can dip into, a book they can savour, a book that won’t fail to get them reflecting on what management really is…
Management? Think Again!
1) Management Mosaic
The Manager as Orchestra Conductor
Peter Drucker, Jan Carlson and Leonard Sayles
Management: Be careful what you think
Henry Mintzberg
What MANAGEMENT Says and What Managers Do
Albert Shapero
Management and Magic
Martin l. Gimpl and Stephen R. Dakin
2) Management of Meaning
Problems, problems, problems
Smullyan
Waffle Words
Lucy Kellaway
Mana-gems
PowerPoint is Evil
Edward Tufte
Planning as Public Relations
Henry Mintzberg
The Opposite of a Profound Truth is also True
R. Farson
Systematic Buzz Word Generator
Lew Gloin
3) Misleading Management
There are no Leaders, There is only Leadership
Richard Farson
Conversations from a Corner Office
John Mackeytalks with Kai Ryssdal
A Star Executive Does Not Make a Company
John Kay
Rules for being a heroic leader
Henry Mintzberg
A Descent in the Dark
R.R. Reno
Leadership and Communityship
Henry Mintzberg
4) Myths of Managing
Outsourcing the Outsourcers
Spotting Management Fads
Danny Miller
Musings on Management
Henry Mintzberg
To Err is Human
Spyros G. Makridakis
CEOs: Some gamblers
Henry Mintzberg
5) Maxims of Managing
Laws and Rules from A to Z
Unattributed
Parkinson’s Law
Cyril Northcote Parkinson
Maxims in Need of a Makeover
Justin Ewers
Why Most Managers are Plagiarists
Lucy Kellaway
6)Masters of Managing?
Managers Not MBAs (excerpts)
Henry Mintzberg
Harvard’s Masters of the Apocalypse
Phillip Devies Broughton
Games Business Schools Play
Andrew J. Policano
7) Metamorphosing Management
“Change Management” is an Oxymoron
Jim Clemmer
Senior Managers Aren’t Cooks, They’re Ingredients
David K. Hurst
Staying on track
Backing Into a Brilliant Strategy
Richard Pascale
A Parable of Modern Change
Crafting Strategy
Henry Mitnzberg
Wither our Wiki, Worldly, Wounded World
Jonathan Gosling
8) Managing Modestly
Yee gods, what do I do now?
Ian Hamilton
A Long Overdue Letter to the Board
Henry Mintzberg
Here’s an Idea: Let Everyone Have Ideas
William C. Taylor
Managing Quietly
Henry Mintzberg
Managing Without Managers
Ricardo Semler