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Henry Mintzberg

Commander
2016
Great Montrealer
2005, scientific category

Born in 1939, Henry Mintzberg received his doctorate and master’s degree in science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Sloan School of Management, and his mechanical engineering degree from McGill University, working in between in operational research for Canadian National Railways. He is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University. His research deals with issues of general management and organizations, focusing on the nature of managerial work, forms of organizing and the strategy formation process. His creative ideas in terms of training managers and executives of large corporations are a genuine benchmark and add to the city’s visibility.

Henry Mintzberg is the author of 13 books, including The Nature of Managerial Work (1973), The Structuring of Organizations (1979), Mintzberg on Management (1989), The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning (1994), The Canadian Condition (1995), and Strategy Safari (1998). Why I Hate Flying reflects a growing interest in more general writing, also including short stories and newspaper commentaries. He also published Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development. His management articles number over 100, including two Harvard Business Review McKinsey prizewinners, “The Manager’s Job: Folklore and Fact” (first place in 1975) and “Crafting Strategy” (second place in 1987). 

Henry Mintzberg has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada and of the Ordre national du Québec. He holds honorary degrees from 13 universities. He also served as president of the Strategic Management Society from 1988 to 1991 and he is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Academy of Management and the International Academy of Management. He was named Distinguished Scholar for the year 2000 by the Academy of Management.

Henry Mintzberg wrote an e-booklet entitled Getting Past Smith and Marx… Towards a Balanced Society. He also promoted the development of a family of masters programs for practising managers, including one in health care. His own teaching activities focus on ad hoc seminars for managers and work with doctoral students.

Henry Mintzberg was inducted into the Academy of Great Montrealers in the Scientific category in 2005 and was named a Commander of the Ordre de Montréal in 2016.

Source: Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal

The picture and biographical information appearing on this page were current at the time this person was admitted to the Academy of Great Montrealers.