I have written Understanding Organization . . . Finally! to bring together an understanding of managing, decision making, and strategy formation around the central issues of organizing. mintzberg.org/blog/our-world…

Business schools pretend that they are training managers. But you don’t train a manager in classroom. Surely, there is a #leadership dimension. But #management is about rolling up your sleeves. getting on the ground and finding out what’s going on. #video youtu.be/00VhHqViv3Q

Organizations require emergent structures, just as they require emergent strategies: when possible, start marginally and let experience take it from there. In other words, allow structures, like strategies, to be learned, beyond being planned. mintzberg.org/blog/design-do…

"Management is neither a science nor a profession. It's a practice. And the practice fundamentally doesn't change. What changes is the content of what you're dealing with. #video: youtu.be/K7My9mZUUVs #management #leadership "

Say organization and we see leadership. That’s why those charts are so ubiquitous. They show us who sits on top of whom, but not who talks with whom, when, and about what. Why are we so fixated on formal authority? mintzberg.org/blog/community…

To understand the difference between a network and a community, ask your Facebook friends to help paint your house. ceoworld.biz/2023/03/03/wha…

Business schools pretend that they are training managers. But you don’t train a manager in classroom. Surely, there is a #leadership dimension. But #management is about rolling up your sleeves. getting on the ground and finding out what’s going on. #video youtu.be/00VhHqViv3Q

Management is a practice, not a profession or a science. It is learned largely through experience, which means that it’s primarily a craft, although some of the best managers make considerable use of art. mintzberg.org/blog/conundrum…

J’ai demandé à chatgpt une synthèse sur le mgt par les objectifs. C’est propre, prêt à l’emploi. Et puis sur cairn.info, une étude de Eric Delavallee. Plus complexe à lire, mais quelle valeur ajoutée ! Une autre dimension que celle aseptisée de l'IA. La vrai vie quoi.

A l’occasion de la parution de mon dernier ouvrage « Misez sur l’autonomie de votre équipe », je vous invite à une web-conférence gratuite le 27 mai 2024 de 18 à 19h. Vous pouvez vous inscrire gratuitement en cliquant ici : my.weezevent.com/web-conference….

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