Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development

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Henry Mintzberg

Managers Not MBAs

A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development

Henry Mintzberg

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Berrett-Koehler
01 January 2018

Economics & Business; Business & management

"In this sweeping critique of how managers are educated and how, as a consequence, management is practiced, Henry Mintzberg offers thoughtful and controversial ideas for reforming both.

""The MBA trains the wrong people in the wrong ways with the wrong consequences,"" Mintzberg writes. ""Using the classroom to help develop people already practicing management is a fine idea, but pretending to create managers out of people who have never managed is a sham.""

Leaders cannot be created in a classroom. They arise in context. But people who already practice management can significantly improve their effectiveness given the opportunity to learn thoughtfully from their own experience. Mintzberg calls for a more engaging approach to managing and a more reflective approach to management education. He also outlines how business schools can become true schools of management."

By: Henry Mintzberg
Imprint: Berrett-Koehler
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 675g
ISBN: 9781576753514
ISBN 10: 1576753514
Pages: 470
Publication Date: 01 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development

[A] constantly stimulating book... It should be required reading for anyone who has the qualification, wants one, or just wonders what all the fuss is about. --The Economist ...an inspiring and insightful book. --Globe and Mail ... a powerful statement and a terrific read.... What gives the book its resonance is that it is 'a book about management education that is about management.' --The Observer ...a rousing manifesto for the thoroughgoing reform of management education and how we think about it. --The Financial Times