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Why I Hate Flying: Tales for the Tormented Traveler: Tales for the Tormented Traveller

Why I Hate Flying: Tales for the Tormented Traveler: Tales for the Tormented Traveller

by HenryMintzberg (Author)

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    Hardcover 2001

    $3.24
Synopsis

As all travelers know, flying is no simple matter. There are the horrors of the check-in to be negotiated, the uneven struggle to squash your hand luggage into the overhead locker and the constant fight with your neighbor over ownership of the armrest. Add to that the question of the food, the immigration queues and waiting for your luggage to appear and we can all see that something isn't quite right. So when one of the world's leading management gurus Henry Mintzberg decides to scrutinize the managment practices of the airlines and airports from his personal experience, it is worth taking notice. And when he does it in a highly amusing manner; it is worth reading.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 160
 Publisher: Texere Publishing
Published: 02 Apr 2001
ISBN 10: 1587990636
ISBN 13: 9781587990632

Media Reviews
Alison Eadie, The Daily Telegraph, March 29, 2001 He should write more books like this...Coming next from the same author is Why I Hate Refilling the Stapler. I am ordering my copy now. Harvard Management Update, June, 2001 Mixing spleen with mordant wit, Mintzberg uses the air-line industry as an object lesson in management gone catastrophically awry. Harvard Management Update, June, 2001 Mintzberg's book also serves as a cautionary tale about separating the abstractions of management from the everyday reality. Globe and Mail, April 28, 2001 A lot of travellers will find themselves nodding in agreement as they read this small gem of a book. Publishers Weekly, April 23, 2001 This book should resonate with businesspeople and other frequent flyers grumbling about the inconveniences of air travel. Insider Business Journal, June 22, 2001 This little book, is indeed the perfect airplane read, for obvious reasons.
Author Bio
Henry Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Montreal and professor of organisations at Insead in France. He was president of the Strategic Management Society and has received honorary degrees Universite de Lausanne, Universite de Geneve, Universite de Montreal, University of Lund and University of Venice. He holds and SM from MIT and a PhD from MIT's Sloan School of Management. His areas of expertise include general management, the process of strategic formation, the design of organisations as well as the impact of design on organisations and next generation management education. He splits his time between a home in Montreal and one in Prague.