Planning on the Left Side and Managing on the Right
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I. Planning on the Left Side and Managing on the Right 1. Summary of Article as Described by Henry Mintzberg Henry Mintzberg in his article "Planning on the Left Side and Managing on the Right" tries to answer the questions of the specialization of the left and right hemispheres of the brain and the significance of these specializations for management. His article revolves around trying to find answers to the following three main questions: (i) Why certain people are so clever at certain tasks and so poor in others? (ii) Why people get so delighted when they read / learn things that must have been obvious to them? (iii) Why discrepancy exists, in organizations, between planning and managing? (a) The two hemispheres of the human brain, Scientists, for long years, have known that the human brain has two distinct hemispheres, each controlling the movements of the opposite side of the body. In the more...


