Henry Mintzberg: Doing

Henry Mintzberg is Canadian busines theorist. Explore interesting quotes on doing.

Henry Mintzberg: 28 quotes2 likes

“Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing. T. S. Eliot writes in one of his poems, “We had the experience but missed the meaning.” Reflection is about getting the meaning.”

Henry Mintzberg

Source: Managers Not MBAs (2005), p. 254

“Effective managing therefore happens where art, craft, and science meet. But in a classroom of students without managerial experience, these have no place to meet — there is nothing to do.”

Henry Mintzberg

p 10
Managers Not MBAs (2005)

“We find that the manager, particularly at senior levels, is overburdened with work. With the increasing complexity of modern organizations and their problems, he is destined to become more so. He is driven to brevity, fragmentation, and superficiality in his tasks, yet he cannot easily delegate them because of the nature of his information. And he can do little to increase his available time or significantly enhance his power to manage. Furthermore, he is driven to focus on that which is current and tangible in his work, even though the complex problems facing many organizations call for reflection and a far-sighted perspective.”

Henry Mintzberg

Source: The structuring of organizations (1979), p. 173

“Data don't generate theory – only researchers do that.”

Henry Mintzberg

Source: The structuring of organizations (1979), p. 584