Think Tank

June, 1977

Think TankManagingYou may have caught the news already in the Journal of Gastroenterology, but, if not, it seems the ulcer--that once protean symbol of corporate overstriving--is really not an executive ailment after all. Says there that doctors now believe stress is not a direct cause of ulcers and that businessmen are no more likely than construction workers to get one.In a curious sort of way, this myth of the executive ulcer tends to confirm what Henry Mintzberg has been saying all along. Mi...