A study in management
A study of management
From: Montreal Gazette | October 23, 2009
Henry Mintzberg's latest book, Managing, draws on observations he made of 29 managers in fields as diverse as business, government health care and the social sector. Read more at Montreal Gazette »
The last question of the interview with Mintzberg pertains to employee engagement.
Stephen Goldberg
From: Montreal Gazette | October 23, 2009
Henry Mintzberg's latest book, Managing, draws on observations he made of 29 managers in fields as diverse as business, government health care and the social sector. Read more at Montreal Gazette »
The last question of the interview with Mintzberg pertains to employee engagement.
Stephen Goldberg
Tags: bonuses, employee, engagement, leadership, management
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Comment by David Zinger on October 25, 2009 at 1:53pm -
Thanks for the link Stephen:
I did like the last question:
Q: You'd like to see organizations as "communities of engagement." What do you mean?
A: We've isolated everybody. We measure performance individually, we hire and fire individually, we don't give enough attention to how people work together and function together as a community. The companies we admire the most have a sense of community, people are happy to work there.
David
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