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Title: Knowledge for Action by Chris Argyris ISBN: 1-55542-519-4 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 01 April, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Another attempt for racionality behind human behavior
Comment: I must confess I do not have psychological background. From my humble point of view, all books like this, look at "the good and rational background" of people. They have the premise that all the staff is doing their best but "strange forces" makes them not to get the optimum for the organization. So, the goal is overcoming those refraining forces. I do believe that behavior of people is headed for their own rational interest which is not always the best for the company. In adition, we are looking for rationality in behavior which is only part of the truth. Is not envy, jealousy, narrow-minded, stuborness and so on, part of human being behavior?. without them, we only have part of the great picture and so, remedies will not work properly. Apart from that, the book is well organized and explains clearly the models the author is working with and the methodology used. Premises are strong and goals interested which lead to good results (provided human being were not as they are).
Rating: 5
Summary: The one book to read on ending office politices
Comment: Argyris cuts to the heart of why organizations go wrong with a combination of passion and precision. Several authors who have written about effective teams and organizations such as Peter Senge and Gerald (Jerry) Weinberg regard Argyris's work quite highly, and rightly so. While other authors talk about and round the problems and issues, Argyris creates models which show not just what people do, but how they think. Other books in the field of Organizational Design that I have looked at appear dry as dust next to Argris.
Readers should be cautioned, however, that Argyris is a academic and researcher -- reading his books requires work, but work well worth the effort.
- Cortlandt Wilson, Software Consultan
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Title: Organizational Learning II: Theory, Method, and Practice (2nd Edition) by Chris Argyris, David A. Schon ISBN: 0201629836 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 04 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $26.67 |
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Title: Theory in Practice : Increasing Professional Effectiveness by Chris Argyris, Donald A. Schön ISBN: 1555424465 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 03 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $37.00 |
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Title: Overcoming Organizational Defenses: Facilitating Organizational Learning by Chris Argyris ISBN: 0205123384 Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon Pub. Date: April, 1990 List Price(USD): $92.00 |
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Title: The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action by Donald A. Schon, Luria ISBN: 0465068782 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: June, 1983 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: On Organizational Learning by Chris Argyris ISBN: 0631213090 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $53.95 |
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