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Anecdotal data is not incidental to theory development at all, but an essential part of it

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Theory is a dirty word in some managerial quarters. That is rather curious, because all of us, managers especially, can no more get along without theories than libraries can get along without catalogs — and for the same reason: theories help us make sense of incoming information.

Henry Mintzberg

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

Henry Mintzberg