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Third Generation Management Development

Mintzberg argues that traditional management education focused on imparting technical skills and competencies is insufficient for today's complex business world. He proposes a third generation of management education that emphasizes critical and creative thinking through reflection, dialogue and experimentation. Managers would develop unique approaches by learning from their own experiences. This approach is better suited to the uncertainties of modern business and helps develop adaptive managers. To achieve this, Mintzberg helped create programs like the International Master's in Practicing Management that encourage five managerial mindsets to prepare leaders.

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Third Generation Management Development

Mintzberg argues that traditional management education focused on imparting technical skills and competencies is insufficient for today's complex business world. He proposes a third generation of management education that emphasizes critical and creative thinking through reflection, dialogue and experimentation. Managers would develop unique approaches by learning from their own experiences. This approach is better suited to the uncertainties of modern business and helps develop adaptive managers. To achieve this, Mintzberg helped create programs like the International Master's in Practicing Management that encourage five managerial mindsets to prepare leaders.

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THIRD GENERATION MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT

By Henry Mintzberg

JOURNAL PUBLISHED: Mintzberg.org, March,2004

SUBJECT AREA: General Management


● Managers are not created in a classroom, but practicing managers in a
classroom can step back from work pressures and learn profoundly from
their own experience.

● According to Mintzberg, the first generation of management education was


focused on imparting technical skills and knowledge learning from other
people’s experience, while the second generation was focused on
developing managerial skills and competencies.

● However, Mintzberg argues that these approaches have been insufficient in


preparing managers for the complex and dynamic challenges of the modern
business world.

● In 1996, he proposed a new approach in which Mintzberg proposes a third


generation of management education that is focused on developing the
ability to think critically and creatively about management problems.

● This approach emphasizes the importance of reflection, dialogue, and


experimentation in the learning process, and encourages managers to
develop their own unique approaches to management based on their
individual experiences and insights.

● Mintzberg argues that this approach is particularly well-suited to the


challenges of the modern business world, which is characterized by rapid
change, uncertainty, and complexity. By encouraging managers to think
critically and creatively, and to learn from their own experiences, the third
generation of management education can help to develop more effective
and adaptive managers who are better equipped to navigate the challenges
of the modern business environment.

● To achieve this he teamed up with several collegues from different


universities in the world to create International Master’s Program in
Practicing Management (IMPM).

● Later they created framework of five managerial mindsets, one for each of
our modules:

● Reflective (about self)


● Worldly (about context)
● Analytical (about organization)
● Collaborative (about relationships)
● Action (about change)

● They extended their own learning from the IMPM to create a truly
advanced leadership program (ALP).
● It consists of three one-week modules spaced over several months, on
Reflective Leadership (in Europe), Connected Leadership (in Asia), and
Catalytic Leadership (in North America).
● Overall, Mintzberg's article represents a significant contribution to the field
of management education, and has helped to shape the way that scholars
and practitioners think about the role of management education in
preparing managers for the challenges of the modern business world.
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