A maxim is a wise saying similar to an aphorism. Theorist of management strategies Henry Mintzberg has a syllogism:
- Most maxims are obvious
- Not all maxims are meaningful
- Some obvious maxims are contradicted by other obvious maxims
Therefore
(Mintzberg, 1998:92) This could refer to the revised ed. of The Strategy Process (1998), with James Brian Quinn and Sumantra Ghoshal, or to Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Strategic Management (1998)
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