Britain's best management book revealed
The competition, run by CMI and the British Library, seeks to uncover the best books on management and leadership.
Henry Mintzberg, a professor of management studies at McGill University in Montreal, won the competition from a field of 145 entries.
His latest book explains what it is that managers do, why they make a difference and how they become effective.
"Over the years I have asked many groups of managers what happened the day they became managers," says professor Mintzberg. "First I get puzzled looks, and then shrugs. Nothing, they report. You are supposed to figure it out - like sex, I suppose usually with the same dire initial consequences. And from there, while we can find plenty of effective managers - if we can figure out what that means - we see a great deal of dysfunctional and often bizarre managerial behaviour too. The costs are immense."
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