No generalizing beyond the data, no theory. No theory, no insight. And if no insight, why do research..

We have great managers who havent spent a day in management school. Do we have great surgeons that havent spent a day in surgical school?.

Companies are communities. Theres a spirit of working together. Communities are not a place where a few people allow themselves to be singled out as ….

Effective managing therefore happens where art , craft, and science meet. But in a classroom of students without managerial experience, these have no….

Why does every generation have to think that he lives in the period with the greatest turbulence?.

We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under the circumstances. Maybe the best managers are simply ….

That is the trouble with flying: We always have to return to airports. Thank of how much fun flying would be if we didn't have to return to airports..

You can teach all sorts of things that improve the practice of management with people who are managers. What you cannot do is teach management to som….

What we call a financial crisis is really at its core a crisis of management, and not just a crisis of management, but a crisis of management culture….

I describe management as arts, crafts and science. It is a practice that draws on arts, craft and science and there is a lot of craft - meaning exper….

What I have against M.B.A.s is the assumption that you come out of a two-year program probably never having been a manager - at least for full-time y….

Organizations should be built and managers should be functioning so people can be naturally empowered. If someone's doing their job, if someone's wor….

Five coordinating mechanisms seem to explain the fundamental ways in which organizations coordinate their work: mutual adjustment, direct supervision….

To 'turn around' is to end up facing the same way. Maybe that is the problem, all the turning organizations around..

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

Managers who don't lead are quite discouraging, but leaders who don't manage don't know what's going on. It's a phony separation that people are maki….