The Essence of Managing

Henry Mintzberg appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book Managing, done some updating, and distilled its essence into a lean 176 pages of text.

The essence of the book remains the same- what Mintzberg learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. Simply Managing considers the intense dynamics of this job as well as its inescapable conundrums, for example-

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How is anyone supposed to think, let alone think ahead, in this frenetic job?
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Are leaders really more important than managers?
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Where has all the judgment gone?
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Is email destroying management practice?
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How can managers connect when their job disconnects them from what they are managing?

If you read only one book about managing, this should be it!