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Management by Missions

Connecting People to Strategy through Purpose

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  • Offers practical tools and models underscored by years of rigorous research
  • This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
  • Evolves the traditional concept of 'mission' to a broader concept of purpose including larger societal needs
  • Identifies the relationship between corporate culture and profit

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Myths and Realities of Business Administration

  2. In Search of Corporate Culture

  3. Toward a New Management Method

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About this book

​A few decades ago, management thinking started to embrace the idea of purpose. The first edition of this book marked an important step in this trajectory; it drew attention to the need for managers to relate the concepts of ‘purpose’ and ‘missions’ to strategy, culture and leadership. In the years since, purpose and missions have become business imperatives – not only in terms of remaining competitive but as core in the attempts to have a sustainable impact on the world.

The second edition of Management by Missions is an open access book based on substantially more research carried out over fifteen years, involving more than 200 organizations around the world. All of this research supports that the practical models and ideas offered in the book have been tried and tested and actually work in practice.

With case studies, anecdote and new research findings, the authors present the main tools of the MBM method (shared missions, missions scorecards, interdependency matrix,missions-based objectives and integral assessment) and the type of leadership needed to implement it. The ideas presented in this book mark a path towards a new management methodology for the XXI century and a new way of understanding the work that managers do. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Universidad Internacional De La Rioja, Madrid, Spain

    Pablo Cardona

  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Barcelona, Spain

    Carlos Rey

About the authors


Pablo Cardona is a Ph.D. in Management from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), and has been a professor at IESE (Barcelona) and CEIBS (Shanghai). Currently, he is Dean of the Faculty of Business and Communication at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR) and president of the EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) in Spain. 




Carlos Rey is professor of Strategic Management and director of the Chair on Management by Missions and Corporate Purpose at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC). Extraordinary doctorate award. His experience spans business practice, consulting, and academy. Founder of DPMC.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Management by Missions

  • Book Subtitle: Connecting People to Strategy through Purpose

  • Authors: Pablo Cardona, Carlos Rey

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83780-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83779-2Published: 18 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83782-2Published: 18 December 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-83780-8Published: 01 January 2022

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 156

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership

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