Henry Mintzberg - Managers not MBAs (2004)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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It is time to recognize conventional MBA programs for what they are - or else to close them down. They are specialized training in the functions of business, not general educating in the practice of management.

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