Le management: Voyage au centre des organisations

by Henry Mintzberg

Genres: Business, Management, Nonfiction, Leadership, Buisness

704 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Professor Henry Mintzberg, OC , OQ , Ph.D. , D.h.c. , FRSC (born September 2, 1939) is an internationally renowned academic and author on business and management. He is currently the Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he has been teaching since 1968, after earning his Master's degree in Management and Ph.D. from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1965 and 1968 respectively.
Henry Mintzberg writes prolifically on the topics of management and business strategy, with more than 140 articles and thirteen books to his name. His seminal book, The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning, criticizes some of the practices of strategic planning today and is considered required reading for anyone who seriously wants to consider taking on a strategy-making role within their organization.

He recently published a book entitled Managers Not MBAs Managers Not MBAswhich outlines what he believes to be wrong with management education today and, rather controversially, singles out prestigious graduate management schools like Harvard Business School and the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania as examples of how obsession with numbers and an over-zealous attempt at making management into a science actually can damage the discipline of management. He also suggests that a new masters program, targeted at practicing managers (as opposed to younger students with little real world experience), and emphasizing practical issues, may be more suitable.

Ironically, although Professor Mintzberg is quite critical about the strategy consulting business, he has twice won the McKinsey Award for publishing the best article in the Harvard Business Review.

In 1997 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1998 he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. He is now a member of the Strategic Management Society.

Reviews

[Walt · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can appreciate his attempts to make theory entertaining and interesting; but theory is just theory.

[Maxim Kavin · Rating 1 out of 5]

По первым страницам стало понятно, что эта работа не имеет ничего общего с реальностью. Даже учебники на курсе менеджмента и то полезнее, чем эта абстрактная теория. К сожалению, серия «Антология экономической мысли» эволюционировала в что-то неизвестное. Эта книга среди таких авторов, как Адам Смит или Давид Рикардо, выглядит как рудимент или чужеродный элемент, экстерналия. Менеджмент — это практическая деятельность, которая отличается в каждой конкретной организации, соответственно, любая работа, пытающаяся изучить менеджмент в целом, обречена на провал, сродни этой работы. К тому же, здесь почему-то нет главного человека этой серии, главного марксиста всея Руси — П.Н. Клюкина. За это я был готов повысить оценку этой книги на +1 звезду, но, знаете, она не заслуживает большей оценки, нежели единица.

[Liquidlasagna · Rating 3 out of 5]

amazon review

The Evolution of Organizations

Though this book does not offer the pragmatist a practical application of the theory, it does provide insight into how organizations evolve from simple structures into more complex organisms. Two very good books to read while you are reading this one are Non-Zero, by Robert Wright and Consilience by Edmond O Wilson. There is a lot to learn from biology, genetics and cultural evolution that give the reader a depth in understanding the lifespans of organizations. How to apply the theory is as varied as the number different types of organizations that exist. This book can help you identify where your organization is and give you some ideas on how to position yourself.

[Iain Hamill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love Mintzberg.

And there’s a reason he’s probably the most referenced strategist after Drucker/Porter in almost every textbook on management and strategy, even now.

Some application comes across as a bit dated in 2018, but the theory is robust.

[Ivo Spigel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great book by the Master!

[Fedor]

Если коротко, мне не очень понравилось

[Toni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very sharp book of Mintzberg. He really knows his work. And he even can present it in a understandable way.

[Thierry · Rating 5 out of 5]

A true masterpiece. Gives an overall understanding of how organizations work, while
challenging traditional theories on planning and strategy. A read for anyone, manager or not

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