- Editorial:
- BERRETT-KOEHLER PUBLISHERS
- Materia:
- Negocios y administración
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5230-9878-1
BEDTIME STORIES FOR MANAGERS
HENRY MINTZBERG
ABOUT BEDTIME STORIES FOR MANAGERS
In forty-two succinct, surprising essays, legendary scholar Henry Mintzberg brings management down from the clouds and onto solid ground.
If youre like most managers and things keep you up at night, now you can turn to a book thats designed especially for you! But you wont find talking rabbits or princesses here. (There is a cow, but it doesnt jump.) Henry Mintzberg has culled forty-two of the best posts from his widely read blog and turned them into a deceptively light, sneakily serious compendium of sometimes heretical reflections on management.
The moral here is this: managers need to leave their castles and find out whats actually going on in their kingdoms. And like real bedtime stories, these essays have metaphors galore. So prepare to grow strategies like weeds and organize like a cow. Discover the maestro myth of managing, find the soft underbelly of hard data, and learn why downsizing is bloodletting and your board should be a bee. Mintzberg writes, Just try not to be outraged by anything you read, because some of my most outrageous ideas turn out to be my best. They just take a while to become obvious.
