How do various organizations function and create their structures? How do power relationships develop and goals form within them? How do managers make important strategic decisions? The world-famous management theorist Henry Mintzberg, analyzing the work of real companies, offers reasoned answers to these and many other important questions related to the management of organizations of various types. The book “Management: The Nature and Structure of Organizations” contains articles , essays and speeches by the author, which summarize his research in the field of company management and allow you to understand how to combine analysis and intuition in managerial work, what is necessary for effective management of an organization, how strategies are formed and decisions are made in companies with different structures, and how ineffective management becomes the cause of social problems. The book will be useful to beginners and experienced managers, as well as students of universities and business schools and anyone interested in the problems of development of modern organizations and management.