(Last updated 06/2007)
The Flying Circus (Cyan, 2005)—Paperback of ‘Why I Hate Flying’, with anecdotes from the web
Strategy Bites Back (with Bruce Ahlstrand, and Joseph Lampel; Pearson, 2005)—fun bytes and bites about strategy, shown to be a lot more-and less-than you ever imagined
Managers not MBAs (Berrett Koehler, 2004)—a hard look at the soft practice of managing and the development of managers
The Strategy Process: (with J. Lampel, S. Ghoshal, J.B. Quinn; second edition, Prentice Hall, 1991)—selected readings and cases, all heavily edited
Managing Publicly (with Jacques Bourgault; Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 2000)—based on study I did of 8 Canadian public sector managers, published with commentaries
Why I Hate Flying (Thompson, 2000)—spoof of the flying and the managing businesses, and of commercialization in general; to be revised in paperback in 2006
Strategy Safari (with Bruce Ahlstrand and Joe Lampel; Free Press and Prentice-Hall International, 1998)—as the subtitle says, “A Guided tour Through The Wilds Of Strategic Management"
The Canadian Condition: Reflections of a “Pure Cotton” (Stoddart [en français: Les Propos d’un “Pur Coton”: Essai sur la Prombématique Canadienne,Québec/Amérique] 1995)—expression of some personal feelings about Canada and what it goes through
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning (Free Press and Prentice-Hall International, 1994)—historical review of the process, very critical, though ends on a positive note
Mintzberg on Management: Inside Our Strange World of Organizations (Free Press, 1989)—an effort to draw together my main material for practitioners
Structure in 5's: Designing Effective Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983)—condensed version of The Structuring of Organizations
Power In and Around Organizations (Prentice Hall, 1983)—attempt to draw together the literature of power around the notion of configuration
The Structuring of Organizations: A Synthesis of the Research (Prentice-Hall, 1979)—attempt to draw together the empirical literature on structuring, using five configurations as integrating devices—my most integrated book
The Nature of Managerial Work (Harper and Row, 1973, reissued by Prentice-Hall, l983)—roles and characteristics of managerial work, based on my doctoral thesis (study of five managers)
