# Quote — Henry Mintzberg, Managers Not MBAs

> 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.

- Author: [Henry Mintzberg](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-mintzberg.md)
- Book: [Managers Not MBAs](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-mintzberg/managers-not-mbas.md)
- Page: 10
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Mintzberg#Managers_Not_MBAs_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-mintzberg/managers-not-mbas/effective-managing-therefore

## More from this book

> 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)