{"product_id":"on-organizational-learning-isbn-9780631213093","title":"On Organizational Learning","description":"This book is essential for anyone who needs to understand how organizations work, evolve, and learn. In this new edition, Argyris discusses vital topics of current management research, such as tacit knowledge and management, so reflecting the evolving field of organizational learning. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together the thinking of one of the world's leading management thinkers: especially in the area of action learning.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of figures vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of tables viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Evolving Field of Organizational Learning 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Organizational Defenses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Making Sense of Limited Learning 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Tacit Knowledge and Management 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Why Individuals and Organizations have Difficulty in Double-loop Learning 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Crafting a Theory of Practice: The Case of Organizational Paradoxes 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Today’s Problems with Tomorrow’s Organizations 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Teaching Smart People How to Learn 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 A Leadership Dilemma: Skilled Incompetence 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Inhibiting Organizational Learning and Effectiveness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Organizational Learning and Management Information Systems 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Strategy Implementation: An Experiment in Learning 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 How Strategy Professionals Deal with Threat: Individual and Organizational 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Dilemma of Implementing Controls: The Case of Managerial Accounting 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Human Problems with Budgets 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Bridging Economics and Psychology: The Case of the Economic Theory of the Firm 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Counterproductive Consequences of Organizational Development and Human Resource Activities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Good Communication that Blocks Learning 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Reasoning, Action Strategies, and Defensive Routines: The Case of OD Practitioners 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Inappropriate Defenses against the Monitoring of Organization Development Practice 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Do Personal Growth Laboratories Represent an Alternative Culture? 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Inhibition of Valid and Usable Information from the Correct Use of Normal Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Actionable Knowledge: Design Causality in the Service of Consequential Theory 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Field Theory as a Basis for Scholarly Consulting 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Unrecognized Defenses of Scholars: Impact on Theory and Research 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Seeking Truth and Actionable Knowledge: How the Scientific Method Inhibits Both 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Problems and New Directions for Industrial Psychology 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Incompleteness of Social-Psychological Theory: Examples from Small Group, Cognitive Consistency, and Attribution Research 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Dangers in Applying Results from Experimental Social Psychology 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Making Knowledge More Relevant to Practice: Maps for Action 415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Participatory Action Research and Action Science Compared 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Some Unintended Consequences of Rigorous Research 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eChris Argyris\u003c\/b\u003e is the James B. Conant Professor, Graduate School of Business, Harvard University. He is the author of thirty books and research monographs as well as numerous articles. Together with Cary Cooper, Professor Argyris is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a consultant to many corporations, governmental organizations, and universities in Europe and the US.  This book is essential for anyone who needs to understand how organizations work, evolve, and learn. In this new edition, Argyris discusses vital topics of management research, such as tacit knowledge and management, so reflecting the evolving field of organizational learning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on learning and organizational politics, the book addresses the key issues of:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganizational learning and Action Science.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganizational effectiveness and what inhibits it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganizational development and human resource activities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUsable knowledge and how it is inhibited.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989713404133,"sku":"NP9780631213093","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631213093.jpg?v=1761785212","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/on-organizational-learning-isbn-9780631213093","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}