# Henry Mintzberg

- Quotes: 4
- Author page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-mintzberg

## Books

- [Managers Not MBAs](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-mintzberg/managers-not-mbas.md) — 4 quotes

## Recently added quotes

> Anecdotal data is not incidental to theory development at all, but an essential part of it

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-mintzberg/managers-not-mbas/anecdotal-data-is-not.md)

> Theory is a dirty word in some managerial quarters. That is rather curious, because all of us, managers especially, can no more get along without theories than libraries can get along without catalogs — and for the same reason: theories help us make sense of incoming information.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-mintzberg/managers-not-mbas/theory-is-a-dirty.md)

> Learning is not doing; it is reflecting on doing. T. S. Eliot writes in one of his poems, “We had the experience but missed the meaning.” Reflection is about getting the meaning.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-mintzberg/managers-not-mbas/learning-is-not.md)

> Effective managing therefore happens where art, craft, and science meet. But in a classroom of students without managerial experience, these have no place to meet — there is nothing to do.

p. 10 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-mintzberg/managers-not-mbas/effective-managing-therefore.md)