How To Turn Old Books Into New Furniture. Ziv_Managing_Strategy. Strategy%20Theory_N0299_Haugstad. HONDA. Haberberg_ch02. CP: Pitfalls of Strategic Planning. Corporate Planning Henry Mintzberg, California Management Review, Fall, 1993.
Pp. 32-47. George Bernard Shaw once claimed that “To be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer.” This might be designated the conventional planner’s motto. Perhaps the clearest theme in the planning literature is its obsession with control--of decisions and strategies, of the present and the future, of thoughts and actions, of workers and managers, of market and customers. Most indicative of this, perhaps, are the comments of a chief of planning for AT&T, who asked himself, “If corporate planning is so important,” why did it “not surface any where in the Bible?” Planning concerns man’s efforts to make the future is his own image. An obsession with control leads to all kinds of behaviours, as we have seen throughout our discussion.
The obsession for control springs from the failure to recognise or appreciate the value of spontaneity, either in everyday work or in economic processes. Illusion of Control? Reflection on Mintzberg’s The Rise and fall of Strategic Planning (1994) « kansas reflections. Highlights from Mintzberg ‘s The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning Ch 1: planning and strategy.
Mintzberg offers definitions in this chapter. He asks “Is strategy making simply a process of planning or is it simply an oxymoron? Should strategy always be planned, never be planned or sometimes be planned? What’s the relationship between strategy and planning?” Mintzberg begins by explaining planning: he reminds that planning is used so broadly and in so many different contexts that it almost cannot be defined. Chapter 2: introduces multiple models of planning. Chapter 3: evidence on planning anecdotal evidence: he acknowledges that there is an abundance of anecdotal evidence that supports the notion that planning pays off. Deliberate vs. Emergent Strategies. The%20Processes%20of%20Strategy%20Development%20and%20%20Implementation. SWP-1810-15686178. Biography - Henry Mintzberg. Mintzberg was born in Montreal in 1939 and graduated in mechanical engineering from McGill University where he now teaches.
He is a prolific author and in many of his books his belief in the importance of practical knowledge is readily apparent. For a discussion of some of his work see: Organization Theory: Structure, Design and Applications, by Stephen Robbins (HD31.R565 1990); "Thinkers: Henry Mintzberg," in The Financial Times Handbook of Management, ed. by S.
Crainer (HD38.15F561 1995) and the chapter on him in Great Writers on Organizations, ed. by D. Pugh (DBW stack HM131.P74 1993). For an interview with Mintzberg, see "Henry Mintzberg: Practical Radical" in T.Brown, et.al. For more biographical and bibliographical information see Mintzberg.org, or this site at McGill. Update: 2009 - A recent interview is found in Fall 2009 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review Here is the: Table of Contents: 1. Corsini, Skip. Farquharson, Matt, "Tailor-Made MBAs," Human Resources, April, 2005. Mintzberg's Strategic Planning, Management and Analysis. Sources: Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management by Henry Mintzberg (Author) Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies by Paul R.
Niven Crafting Strategy by Henry Mintzberg (Author) STRATEGY PROCESS TEXT & CASES by QUINN, MINTZBERG STRATEGY PROCESS: COLLEGIATE ED CONTEXTS by MINTZBERG STRATEGY PROCESS AIRLINE PACKAGE by MINTZBERG Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career by Herminia Ibarra From Strategy to Change : Implementing the Plan in Higher Education by Daniel James Rowley (Author), Herbert Sherman (Author) Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning by Henry Mintzberg (Author) The Power of Strategy Innovation: A New Way of Linking Creativity and Strategic Planning to Discover Great Business Opportunities by Robert E. Johnston Readings in Strategy Processes (Prentice Hall International Editions) by Mintzberg SM STRATEGY PROCESS I/M & TESTS by MINTZBERG Mind Maps also have the right pedigree.