Henry Mintzberg, the management scholar and professor at McGill University, is someone we pay a good deal of attention to here. Our editor Martha Mangelsdorf interviewed him on debunking management myths and let’s not forget that he was one of the people who predicted the economic meltdown. And now you can view him talking to The Economist about “the paltry nature of oaths, phoney leadership, and nobility that ends in the classroom.”
UPDATE: And don’t forget Minztberg’s talk on “Managers Not MBAs: Debating the Merits of Business Education” at MIT World:
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November 12th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Looks like the folks at The Economist have taken down this clip for some reason. We’ll let them know so it’s up as quickly as possible. While you’re waiting, read our interview with him.