Organizational traps : leadership, culture, organizational design / by Chris Argyris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Argyris, Chris, 1923-2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate culture.

Organizational behavior.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anyone who has spent time in an organization knows that dysfunctional behavior abounds. Conflict is frequently avoided or pushed underground rather than dealt with openly. At the same time, the same arguments often burst out again and again, almost verbatim. Turf battles continue for extended periods without resolution. People nod their heads in agreement in meetings, and then rush out of the room to voice complaints to sympathetic ears in private. Worst of all, when people areasked if things will ever change, they throw up their hands in despair. They feel like victims trapped in an asylum. A

Contents:

pt. 1. Why we act against our own stated interests

pt. 2. How conventional approaches bypass traps

and what to do about it.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-161512-9

0-19-963964-7

1-283-22294-9

0-19-161629-X

9786613222947

OCLC:

743802967