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* Academy ot Management Executive, 2000, Vol M, No. 3
View from the top: Henry Mintzberg on strategy and management
Interview hy Daniel }. McCarthy Executive Overview This is the second confribufion to our Crosstalk series, a coiiaJboration between The Executive and European Management Journal created (o encourage dialogue and exchange of ideas among leading management scholars in North America and Europe. Crosstalk spans the two journals, and the content oi each journal complements, rather than duplicates, that of the other. In this Crosstalk, Henry Mintzberg from Canada and Constantinos Markides from England discuss their work in strategy and management, including their current thinking on major ideas that have shaped these fields and emerging concepts. An interview with Henry Mintzberg appears in The Executive, followed by a commentary from Dr. Markides and a reply by Dr. Mintzberg. The August 2000 issue of European Management Journal uses (he same format and includes an interview with Dr. Markides. a commentary by Mintzberg. and Markides's reply. Abstracts of the interviews and biographical sketches are published in each journal. To gain a full perspective of the in-depth interviews, thoughtful dialogue, and lively exchange of ideas, readers are encouraged to read the Crosstalk in both journals. We plan to feature Crosstalk periodically, with the next one scheduled for February 2001. Henry Mintzberg. who has been a prolific and provocative authority on management and strategy for more than three decades, is the recipient of the Academy of Management's Distinguished Scholar award for 2000. He is seldom content to accept the doctrines of others without testing them in real-world settings, and he develops many of his theories from interviewing and observing managers and other leaders in action. Born in Canada, where he obtained degrees in mechanical engineering and general arts, he continued his studies in the U.S. at the Sloan School of Management at MIT,
View from the top: Henry Mintzberg on strategy and management
Interview hy Daniel }. McCarthy Executive Overview This is the second confribufion to our Crosstalk series, a coiiaJboration between The Executive and European Management Journal created (o encourage dialogue and exchange of ideas among leading management scholars in North America and Europe. Crosstalk spans the two journals, and the content oi each journal complements, rather than duplicates, that of the other. In this Crosstalk, Henry Mintzberg from Canada and Constantinos Markides from England discuss their work in strategy and management, including their current thinking on major ideas that have shaped these fields and emerging concepts. An interview with Henry Mintzberg appears in The Executive, followed by a commentary from Dr. Markides and a reply by Dr. Mintzberg. The August 2000 issue of European Management Journal uses (he same format and includes an interview with Dr. Markides. a commentary by Mintzberg. and Markides's reply. Abstracts of the interviews and biographical sketches are published in each journal. To gain a full perspective of the in-depth interviews, thoughtful dialogue, and lively exchange of ideas, readers are encouraged to read the Crosstalk in both journals. We plan to feature Crosstalk periodically, with the next one scheduled for February 2001. Henry Mintzberg. who has been a prolific and provocative authority on management and strategy for more than three decades, is the recipient of the Academy of Management's Distinguished Scholar award for 2000. He is seldom content to accept the doctrines of others without testing them in real-world settings, and he develops many of his theories from interviewing and observing managers and other leaders in action. Born in Canada, where he obtained degrees in mechanical engineering and general arts, he continued his studies in the U.S. at the Sloan School of Management at MIT,