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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.  He Analyzes Models, Characteristics, And Approaches To Managing.  He Examines Commonalities And Differences In Managing In Various Contexts, Including Business, Government, Health Care, And Social Services.  By Shadowing 29 Managers Through A Day In Their Lives, He Reveals How Managing Is Affected By Many Factors — Including National And Industry Cultures, Organizational Differences, Level Of The Manager In The Organization, And Personal Styles — And Examines The Various Strategies That Managers Adopt To Deal With These Factors.  Mintzberg Then Identifies The Main "conundrums" 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.  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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