Books by Henry Mintzberg

This book slims down his award-winning work Managing (2009) and provides streamlined advice to help new and experienced managers get it right. Simply Managing answers questions including: How do I deal with the pressures of management? What are the most important elements of my job? And how do I get them right? How do I connect in a job thats intrinsically disconnected? How do I maintain confidence without becoming arrogant? What are the cornerstones of effective management? It provides thoughtful, yet practical advice from one of the worlds most influential management thinkers.

'Ydmyghed i ledelse er vigtigt, fordi mange medarbejdere reelt er klogere end deres leder. En leder skal derfor ikke være interessant i sig selv, men interesseret i sine medarbejdere, deres perspektiver, ytringer, indsigter og bidrag til organisationens drift og udvikling. Ydmyghed om egen praksis skaber de bedste forudsætninger for, at hele organisationens samlede kapacitet kommer i spil på bedste vis i relation til de opgaver, organisationen har. Ydmyghed skaber plads til andre, og det er en meget væsentlig del af ledelse at kunne det.'- Lene Tanggaard, rektor ved Designskolen i Kolding og professor ved Aalborg UniversitetAt være ydmyg som leder kan lyde, som om man skal underlægge sig nogen eller noget og gøre sig underdanig. Men, som denne antologi viser, hænger ledelse og ydmyghed sammen, og ydmyghed er langt fra det samme som ydmygelse. Ydmyghed bør nemlig gå hånd i hånd med det at være en stærk og succesfuld leder, der kan udvise beslutsomhed og håndtere de mangfoldige ledelsesopgaver.Den ydmyge leder er opmærksom på sin lederrolle og på, hvad der motiverer medarbejderne, og hvad de har brug for, og nedtoner sin egen person og rolle. Det er en ny form for ledelsesintegritet, der står i kontrast til den traditionelle leder, der går forrest og dirigerer og dikterer. Med en ydmyg tilgang til ledelse forlades den traditionelle hierarkiske ledelseskultur, hvor ledere styrer og overvåger medarbejderne, og der gives i stedet plads til medarbejdernes ressourcer og til det at træffe beslutninger ud fra en analytisk og inddragende tilgang. Ydmyghed i ledelse kan altså medvirke til at skabe et bedre arbejdsmiljø, hvor medarbejderne gider være, og hvor de oplever, at de trives og udfordres fagligt.Denne antologi tilbyder forskellige perspektiver på fænomenet ydmyghed i ledelse og inspiration til mulige handletiltag. Bogen henvender sig til ledere i den offentlige og den private sektor, ledere på enten diplomuddannelsen i ledelse, den offentlige lederuddannelse eller på masteruddannelse. Desuden vil bogen kunne anvendes på mellemlange eller lange videregående uddannelser, der beskæftiger sig med ledelse.Bogens bidragydere er Dion Rüsselbæk Hansen, Ole Fogh Kirkeby, Karsten Mellon (red.), Henry Mintzberg, Lotte Elleberg Møller, Eva Pallesen, Sverre Raffnsøe, Edgar Schein, Peter Schein, Dorthe Staunæs, Cæcilie Orloff Søemod, Lea Meier Thode og Karl Tomm.Karsten Mellon (red.) er ph.d. og lektor ved Professionshøjskolen Absalon og derudover cand.mag. i pædagogik, master i organisationspsykologi (MPO) og diplom i ledelse. Han står bag udgivelserne Den kritiske leder (2017) og Den modige leder (2018), der kan ses som forløbere til denne bog.

In 2009, Henry Mintzberg s Managing was named one of the best books of the year by strategy+business and Library Journal magazines, the number two business book of the year by the Toronto Globe and Mail, one of the top ten academic titles by Choice magazine, and the management book of the year in a competition organized by the Chartered Management Institute in association with the British Library. So this is clearly a book every manager should read. But one of the issues Mintzberg addresses is the frenetic pace and relentless pressures of the job - most managers hardly have time to think. So Mintzberg has done some revising and some updating and has distilled the essence of his original 320 - page book into a lean, action - oriented 216 pages. The core of the book remains the same: Mintzberg s observations of twenty - nine different managers, from business, government, and nonprofits, working in diverse settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. What he saw led him to develop a new model of management, one firmly grounded in his conclusion that it is not a profession or a science. It is a practice, he writes, learned primarily through experience and rooted in context. But context cannot be seen in the usual way. Factors such as national culture, level in a hierarchy, and even personal style turn out to have a far different influence - sometimes much less - than we have traditionally thought. Mintzberg also offers a compelling discussion of some of the inescapable conundrums of managing. How can you get in deep when there is so much pressure to get it done? How can you manage it when you can t reliably measure it? How do you balance the need for change with the need for continuity? He concludes with a provocative look at what being an effective manager really means, which he describes as engaging management. This is the most authoritative and revealing book yet written about what managers do, how they do it, and how they can have the greatest impact. Mintzberg does not accept conventional wisdom - he challenges it constantly...erudite as well as practical.

This landmark book by one of the worlds leading business thinkers is about managing, pure if not simple. It tackles the big questions managers everywhere face, such as:How is anyone supposed to think, let alone think ahead, in this frenetic job? Are leaders really more important than managers? Is email destroying management practice? Are managers the only ones who can, or should, manage? How are managers supposed to connect when the very nature of their job disconnects them from what they are managing? How can you manage it when you cant reliably measure it? MANAGING MAKES SENSE OF WHAT MIGHT BE THE WORLDS MOST IMORTANT JOB.

"e;Henry Mintzberg's views are a breath of fresh air which can only encourage the good guys."e; The ObserverTied up in knots by KPIs? Confused by core competencies? Management doesnt have to be this way. In fact, it shouldnt be! One of today best-known and most controversial thinkers on management has joined forces with other leading business figures to provide a thought-provoking mix of writing on management. The cutting edge views depicted in this book are controversially the opposite of what is often held up as the truth in management. Management? Its Not What you Think! brings readers an unusual mix of perspectives to help stimulate more creative management thinking and more enjoyable, challenging and more productive ways to lead their teams. This is a book readers can dip into, a book they can savour, a book that wont fail to get them reflecting on what management really is

SWOTed by strategy models? Crunched by analysis? Strategy doesnt have to be this way.Strategy is really all about being different. Thinking about it shouldn't make you reach for the snooze button.Strategy Bites Back brings you a provocative, imaginative and surprising mix of perspectives to help stimulate more creative strategic thinking and more enjoyable strategy making. From voices as diverse as and Lucy Kellaway, Mao Tse Tung and Jack Welch, even Michael Porter and Gary Hamel, you can enjoy exploring the sharper side of strategy.Strategy as a Little Black Dress Forecasting: Whoops! Management and Magic Strategy and the Art of Seduction The Soft Underbelly of Hard Data Strategy as destiny Jack Welch on Planning The Seven Deadly Sins of Planning Strategy One Step at a Timeand many, many more. Why not have a good time reading a strategy book for a change?