Mintzberg on why the US can鈥檛 be run like a business
In a recent piece for the Harvard Business Review, Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg takes aim at US President Trump鈥檚 attempts to run the United States like a business, then demolishes them. Professor Mintzberg questions the wisdom of trying to marry such disparate systems 鈥� 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
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 鈥� 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
Amid the fallout from former 成人VR视频 Institute for the Study of Canada director Andrew Potter鈥檚 Maclean鈥檚 article about stranded motorists, the Globe and Mail interviewed 成人VR视频 Principal Suzanne Fortier, who defended Professor Potter鈥檚 resignation as director of MISC.
Au programme, d茅veloppement personnel et ouverture d鈥檈sprit
Learning through sharing in the IMPM聽Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg criticized the failures of MBAs in his 2004 book, Managers Not MBAs. And if that was his initial volley on the subject, then the International Masters Program for Managers (IMPM) is his manifesto.
Mal aim茅 en France, le MBA cherche toujours son identit茅
The MBA seeks its place in FranceTo many, an MBA is the springboard for a successful business career 鈥� 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茅vou茅e au d茅veloppement du secteur pluriel
A commitment to change: nonprofits, business sense and research in actionAtypic鈥檚 founder, Pascal L茅pine (EMBA鈥�12) credits a meeting with Henry Mintzberg with giving him the kick he needed to pursue a life in the non-profit sector. His agency aims to work with NGOs, co-ops and other organizations, as well as to spread the word about how important the sector is.
Leadership lessons for today and tomorrow
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莽茫o de um novo Brasil: consulta popular, elei莽玫es gerais e Assembl茅ia Constituinte
Tenho dito que a corrup莽茫o 茅 sist锚mica e estrutural e n茫o s贸 no Brasil, como os sempre eloquentes vira-latas gostam de dizer por ai com ares cosmopolitas (ali谩s, esses n茫o passar茫o de vira-latas sempre prontos a lamber os sapatos, ou coturnos, de qualquer um que lhes garanta a manuten莽茫o e amplia莽茫o de seus privil茅gios e "direitos adquiridos").
A concept for a world free of political bullies
In an op-ed piece for the Globe and Mail, Desautels鈥� Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies Henry Mintzberg decries what he calls our 鈥渆ra of bullies,鈥� 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: 鈥榃e moeten de cultuur van kleine bedrijven koesteren en stimuleren鈥�
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
These days, it seems that there鈥檚 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?
Is Your Government Politically Pathological?
Long before the post-election political maelstrom we鈥檙e now experiencing in the U.S. and in many countries around the world, I聽wrote聽about four types of organizational political arenas.
CITY DIARY: Is glamorous ex-Thomas Cook chief Harriet Green angling for a damehood?
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.聽 ...
Some principles for creating a 鈥楽haring Sheffield鈥�
...Brave Leadership:聽Geo politics shocked the world in 2016.聽 One of the more positive resuIts has been聽an increase in powerful, thoughtful leadership from many different places.聽Henry Mintzberg聽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.
Our Favorite MBA Professors Of 2016
Henry Mintzberg:聽The first rule of academia: 鈥淒on鈥檛 bite the hand that feeds you.鈥�
