The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning by Henry Mintzberg

The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning by Henry Mintzberg

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Traces the history of strategic planning in American business and argues that the two concepts are mutually contradictory, as planning encourages stability, while strategy making is more fluid and open to change.

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The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning by Henry Mintzberg

Traces the history of strategic planning in American business and argues that the two concepts are mutually contradictory, as planning encourages stability, while strategy making is more fluid and open to change.

Henry Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University, and is the author of 13 books and about 150 articles, including ones that have won the highest academic and practitioner awards (best book one year at the Academy of Management, for The Rise and Fall of Strategic
Planning, and best article one year in the Harvard Business Review, for 'The Manager's Job: Folklore and Fact'). Tom Peters has referred to Dr. Mintzberg as Perhaps the world's premier management thinker. He has held visiting appointments at the London Business School, INSEAD, HEC Montreal, and
Carnegie-Mellon. Dr. Mintzberg has been elected an Officer of the Order of Canada, and makes his home in Montreal.
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ISBN 13 9780029216057
ISBN 10 0029216052
Title The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning
Author Henry Mintzberg
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Year published 1994-01-31
Number of pages 458
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.