Groupthink or deadlock : when do leaders learn from their advisors? / by Paul A. Kowert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kowert, Paul, 1964-

Series:

SUNY series on the presidency

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Staff.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--Decision making.

Political consultants--United States.

Political consultants.

Political leadership--United States.

Political leadership.

United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1981-1989.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The danger of groupthink is now standard fare in leadership training programs and a widely accepted explanation, among political scientists, for policy-making fiascoes. Efforts to avoid groupthink, however, can lead to an even more serious problem—deadlock. Groupthink or Deadlock explores these dual problems in the Eisenhower and Reagan administrations and demonstrates how both presidents were capable of learning and consequently changing their policies, sometimes dramatically, but at the same time doing so in characteristically different ways. Kowert points to the need for leaders to organize their staff in a way that fits their learning and leadership style and allows them to negotiate a path between groupthink and deadlock.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Abbreviations

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Who Learns, and When?

Eisenhower and Reagan: Comparing Learning Styles

Learning

Groupthink

Deadlock

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-256) and index.

ISBN:

9780791489208

0791489205

9780585455280

0585455287

OCLC:

61367504