The Culture Of Management

Montreal management guru Henry Mintzberg says, “Management, as contemporarily practiced… poses grave dangers to us all.”Mintzberg watches managers work. He knows what bosses do. But he opposes MBA programs that grind out leaders ill-prepared to lead. The “cult of heroic leadership, ” says Mintzberg, denies the reality of organizational life.

Mintzberg laments the trend in government bureaucracies and departments to develop policies and provide services like a business. Instead, he insists the public sector should manage itself with structures and values that reflect public service.

General management and organization (including the process of strategy form ation, the design of organizations, and the impact of design on organizations), are Dr. Mintzberg’s current research interests. Dr. Mintzberg has contributed to most of the major journals in his field, including Harvard Business Review, California Management Review and Academy of Management Review.

This popular recording is sure to interest anyone in management or anyone involved in public policy and decision making.