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His latest book “Managing” (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009), is based on information developed from spending a day each with 29 managers in a variety of fields. Observing, interviewing, and reviewing the managers' diaries, the author shares what he learned from his research--what happened in each manager's day--and then interprets why it happened. The twenty nine pictures of management as practiced in various industries and organizations illustrate the varied realities of managing. Mintzberg concludes: "To be effective in any managerial position, there is a need for thoughtfulness--not dogma, not greed risen to some high art, not fashionable technique, not "me too" strategies, not all that `leadership' hype, just plain old judgment." Book reviewer Mary Whaley (the Booklist) recommends: “This is an excellent, must-read book for managers and aspiring managers.” (Sep 2009).

An initiative of EduViet, the Chief People Officer’s Club (CPO Club), HR Association of Hanoi and the HRLink, the Vietnam HR Day 2009 is the first and biggest event organized by and for HR professionals in Vietnam. It is designed to be an open forum for discussion of the various aspects of human resources management in the businesses and organizations of Vietnam by professional HR managers and executives, a place to celebrate the HR profession, to network and to learn from each other’s best practices.

The World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR), one of the biggest events of the world’s ICT community, has been held in Hanoi, Vietnam in late August 2009. WITFOR 2009, organized in an Asian nation for the first time, brought about enormous benefits as well as open up a new and broader pathway for developing countries to apply ICT achievements into socio-economic life.