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Why Analysis Is Not Enough And Passion Is So Important - A Story From Henry Mintzberg

Published: 18 November 2013

In the Analytic module of our International Masters In Practicing Management and our Advanced Leadership Program for executives, my colleague Henry Mintzberg likes to use this story to show how analysis can get in the way of really understanding an organization and its purpose.

“A young, enthusiastic MBA was finally given the opportunity to apply his learning. He was asked to carry out a survey of a group with which he was not normally familiar and submit recommendations as to how its efficiency could be increased.

-Article by Karl Moore

Read full article: Forbes, November 15, 2013

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