Professor Henry Mintzberg Awarded Honorary Doctorate
Professor Henry Mintzberg was conferred the honorary degree of "Doctor Oeconomiae Honoris Causa" from the University of Economics, Prague on November 11, 2016. The award recognizes Professor Mintzberg鈥檚 influence as a leading thinker in the field of Management, as well as the far-reaching impact of his work.
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Trump : 脿 d茅faut de pouvoir voter, nous pouvons agir
Ecrit par Henry Mintzberg聽
Nous, au Canada, aux c么t茅s d'autres personnes du monde entier, n'avons pas pu voter aux derni猫res 茅lections am茅ricaines. Toutefois, nous devrons vraisemblablement en souffrir les cons茅quences 脿 l'茅chelle internationale. Devons-nous rester inactifs, comme 脿 l'habitude, et assister au d茅roulement des choses, y compris des possibles effets catastrophiques des changements climatiques, si rien n'est fait?
The Rest Of The World Couldn't Vote, But We Can Act
We in Canada, along with many other people around the world, did not get to vote in the recent American election -- yet we are meant to suffer the international consequences of it. Shall we sit back, as usual, and watch events unfold, including the possibly catastrophic effects of climate change left unchecked?
芦 Les avocats ont un cerveau diff茅rent 禄
...Le fait est que 莽a ne suffit pas de conna卯tre seulement la loi : il faut avoir des connaissances en gestion, en relations interpersonnelles, mais les Facs de droit continuent d鈥檈nseigner ce qui 茅tait utile voici 25 ans. Il faut que 莽a change. Le sp茅cialiste de la gestion de l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中,聽Harry Mintzberg, l鈥檃 茅crit : le monde a besoin de gestionnaires, pas de d茅tenteurs de MBA. C鈥檈st la m锚me chose en droit : il faut des avocats bien form茅s, pas seulement des juristes.
Global business schools turn to Asia for inspiration
What will business schools look like when they are created on the surface of Mars some decades from now? That is the question Santiago Iniguez, dean of Spain's IE Business School, has been asking himself for the past several years.
Building a Culture of Innovation shortlisted for Management Gold
The Management Book of the Year competition, which is now in its seventh year, was created to uncover the best books on management and leadership, and help raise the profile of the great management writing published in the UK.
Heading down the Road to 200
A cornerstone of the Road to 200 is a series of events in Montreal and cities around the world with sizeable alumni communities. On September 22, more than 260 alumni and friends attended a fascinating discussion in Pointe Claire on memory loss as part of the Healthy Brains for Health Lives theme, featuring several leading brain researchers from the MNI and a special presentation from neuroscience pioneer Brenda Milner.
Musings on management
Written by Henry Mintzberg聽
Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense.
At least, the hype about management lacks common sense, as does too much of the practice. I should really say聽im-practice, because the problems grow out of the disconnection between management and the managed.
Kevin O鈥橪eary is Wrong! It is NOT All About The Money!
I once went to see Kevin O鈥橪eary at a Fireside Chat at Ryerson University鈥檚 Ted Rogers School of Management, just to experience him in a more intimate situation. He was as abrasive and blunt as he was on Dragon鈥檚 Den. He still said聽鈥渋t was all about the money鈥澛燼nd it made me sad. Read what he says about business being war. I hate war and violence and we do not need more of that in our world.
Giving all citizens a 鈥榣oud and clear鈥� voice on health
Senators have proposed emulating the UK鈥檚 NHS approach on citizen-centred healthcare and have urged the Oireachtas to consult with as many citizens as possible on the 鈥榠mportant future鈥� of Irish healthcare, writes Lloyd Mudiwa.聽
Managers and leaders in high demand
In a crude sense, management can be broken into three parts - man, age and ment. It essentially speaks about people, times and actions. Veteran management thinker Henry Mintzberg often advocates that successful management involves interpersonal, informational and decisional roles.聽
Read full article: Daily FT, October 10, 2016聽
Of Empathy And Strategy
Corporations have more data than ever about their consumers and customers, and advanced analytic platforms increasingly democratize data analysis.
Du pareil au m锚me
L'un de nous est Am茅ricain, l'autre est Canadien; l'un est conservateur, l'autre est lib茅ral. Nous vivons tous deux au Canada, une position privil茅gi茅e d'o霉 suivre le d茅roulement de l'茅lection pr茅sidentielle aux 脡tats-Unis. Notre interrogation est la suivante : o霉 sont les Am茅ricains honn锚tes parmi la classe politique et la population?
Managers, et si vous appreniez 脿... vous taire!
...Bref, nombre de dirigeants d'entreprise gagneraient clairement 脿 apprendre 脿 se taire. Ne serait que pour mieux 茅couter ce que les autres ont 脿 leur dire.
Master of None: Wisdom of an MBA
鈥淚t is time to recognise conventional MBA programs for what they are,鈥� says Henry Mintzberg, professor of management studies聽at 平特五不中 in Montreal, and one of the four all-time gurus of strategy. 鈥淢BA programs train the wrong people in the wrong ways with the wrong consequences.聽
