Mintzberg..my neighbour.

Henry Mintzberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mintzberg) is my neighbour in my new office. His room is just across my little office. It’s just cool..haan. Yesterday, I ran into him in the washroom and introduced myself. He said that he has seen me earlier..oh yes, I have been hanging around in the faculty for long..even after my MBA, I used to hang around in the faculty of Management..I know most of the people here..
But, still I felt good when he said that..
I briefly told him that I have read his short stories of fiction on his website..he seems to be pleasantely surpised with that as he is used to people talking only strategy with him..lol
Who is Mintzberg?
Well, he is to Strategy what Michael porter is to Marketing. He is considered one of the top 5 management scholars in the world. I would say that half of McGill’s faculty of Management’s reputation owes it to Mintzberg. Ofcourse, we have some other world famous people like Nancy Adler too, but he is truly the gem of our faculty.
His latest book, which came out in 2005, Managers not MBA’s ruffled many feathers. The trouble with “management” education, says Henry Mintzberg, is that it is business education, and leaves a distorted impression of management. In Managers Not MBAs, he offers a new definition of management as a blend of craft (experience), art (insight), and science (analysis). He didnt spare even the most coveted of MBA programs including Harvard and Wharton.
It’s good to be surrounded by such amazing people..