Organizational traps : leadership, culture, organizational design /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Argyris, Chris, 1923-2013
Corporate Author: UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : What do traps and their consequences look like? ; Traps can lead to disaster
  • Part I. Why we act against our own stated interests : How we deal with difficult situations : The Department of State and Secretary Rusk ; Traps are universal ; Intel Corporation ; Effects of unilateral leadership ; The perniciousness of traps
  • Actions that trap us : The left-hand-right-hand case method ; Directions for completing the left-hand-right-hand case ; A preliminary view of the cases ; Case 1. Submerging the primary issue ; Case 2. CLosed to learning ; Case 3. Competing methods ; Case 4. Easing in ; Case 5. The CEO and the IT group ; Case 6. Advanced MBAs
  • Causes of traps : A theory of action ; How we create traps ; How Model I theory-in-use and defensive reasoning lead to traps
  • Part II. How conventional approaches bypass traps, and what to do about it : Leadership and traps : The quantitative approach ; Leadership: a historiometric approach ; Leadership: qualitative approaches ; Becoming a conflict competent leader ; Narcissistic leaders and other personality types ; Appreciative inquiry ; Competing commitments ; Inadequacies of current management research
  • Culture, leadership, and traps / co-author, Ian Smith : Productive and counterproductive cultures ; The Andy case ; The Royal/Dutch Shell case ; Reflecting on cultures and traps
  • Strengthening new approaches : Seeking help from outside consultants ; The collaborative community ; Structural approaches ; The ambidextrous organization ; Human potential
  • Conclusion : Traps and the human predicament : The attempt to fine new ways forward ; Helping moon shots to succeed ; The human predicament.