Sunday, March 14, 2010

Shoes For Swollen Feet

Managing, de Henry Mintzberg

2009, Prentice Hall-274 pages. Test.
A day in the life of 29 executives from very different backgrounds and geographies, including the head of a refugee camp and a conductor. This is how the author has carried out the observation that has led to the creation of this book that purports to represent the daily reality of the manager's job. And so we see that the manager supports frenetic pace of work with constant interruptions, which undertakes a number of very different activities and also their day to day is powerfully affected by e-mail.
Mintzberg shows that the manager's job is not a profession or a science but a vocation and practice. The style is typical of the author: iconoclastic, irreverent and to the point and a few words in bold throughout the text help to get to the essence of the ideas presented. Refreshing.

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