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Managing (Financial Times) by Henry Mintzberg; Soundview Executive Book Summaries is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><p>mintzberg Calls Attention To Numerous Popular But False Views About The Nature Of Managerial Work, Separates Fact From Folklore, And Provides The Best Information Yet Published On What Managers Do And How They Do It.&#160; He Analyzes Models, Characteristics, And Approaches To Managing.&#160; He Examines Commonalities And Differences In Managing In Various Contexts, Including Business, Government, Health Care, And Social Services.&#160; By Shadowing 29 Managers Through A Day In Their Lives, He Reveals How Managing Is Affected By Many Factors &#151; Including National And Industry Cultures, Organizational Differences, Level Of The Manager In The Organization, And Personal Styles &#151; And Examines The Various Strategies That Managers Adopt To Deal With These Factors.&#160; Mintzberg Then Identifies The Main &quot;conundrums&quot; Or Dilemmas That Managers Must Wrestle With (such As Delegating Versus Retaining Control, Balancing Order And Flexibility, And Gathering More Data Versus Needing To Take Action) And Describes How Managers Deal With Those Conundrums.&#160; And He Offers Provocative And Powerful New Understandings Of What Makes Managers Effective And Ineffective.</p>

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Henry Mintzberg; Soundview Executive Book Summaries
Publisher
Berrett--Koehler ; U.S. trade Bookstores and wholesalers, Publishers Group West
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9785498076843
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Management, Business, Management & Leadership
Rating
3.93 / 5 (178 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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