Author: Publisher: Transaction Publishers ISBN: 1412826373 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 350
Book Description
The emphasis on organizational change in the corporate life of recent years-including job redesign, autonomous groups, high performance work systems, and the redesign of control systems-owes a great deal to the pioneering work of Chris Argyris. This book examines how individuals in organizations can become more effective, in turn making organizations more effective. It explores the conventional pyramidal structure of organizations, in which there is top-down control by managers over workers, and examines their negative consequences. These include organizational injustice and eventually irrational decision-making. Argyris also discusses the characteristic learning system of the modern organization, which he describes as "single-loop" in character. This system, he argues, is only adequeate enough to permit the organization to implement existing policies. It does not permit the more difficult and comprehensive task of questioning underlying goals and assumptions, which he terms "doubt loop" learning. In this kind of learning, the organization is able to confront the more difficult problems that affect organizations in a time of transition. In his new introduction, Argyris reviews the strengths and limitations of the argument advanced in "Integrating the Individual and the Organization. "He describes why the pyramidal structure endures, and why creating a self-learning organization is an even more challenging task than he has imagined. The book will be of interest to professionals with a long-standing interest in organizational development as well as those just entering the field, managers confronting the challenge of organization change, and researchers in organizational behavior and theory.
Author: Stoyan Stoyanov Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 0429939906 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 90
Book Description
A critical analysis of Argyris’s Integrating The Individual and the Organization, which forms part of a series of essays and books considering how organisations should be run. The essay explores the lack of congruence between the needs and expectations of individual employees and the organisations that employ them. The impact of the work depends heavily on reasoning skills. Chris Argyris used strong, well-structured arguments to make his point. His reasoning has strong implications for solving a problem that many organizations experience: disengaged and disloyal employees. Grounding his argument in studies on human nature, Argyris highlighted that demands of greater independence, an expansion of interests, and re-orientation of goals usually accompany maturation, which is at odds with higher control stemming from formal organisations. This frustration, he contends, is detrimental to productivity, increases the chance of failure and causes conflict.
Author: Chris Argyris Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 9781138526181 Category : Languages : en Pages : 347
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Part One -- I Introduction to Individual and Organizational Effectiveness -- II The Input -- III The Organizational Dilemma -- IV The Nature of the System: The Lower Levels -- V The Nature of the System: Managerial Levels -- Part Two -- VI Organizational Effectiveness and Ineffectiveness -- VII The "Mix" Model -- VIII Empirical Work Illustrating Aspects of the "Mix" Model -- Part Three -- IX The Organizational Structures of the New System -- X Organizational Staffing and Job Design -- XI Managerial Controls, Rewards and Penalties, and Incentive Systems -- XII Evaluating, Hiring, and Terminating Employees -- XIII The Organization of the Future: A Summary View -- Part Four -- XIV Using the Model to Explore Other Studies -- XV Organizational Pseudo-effectiveness and Individual Pseudo-health -- Appendix A Note on Essentiality, Interdependence of Parts, and Organizational Growth -- Name Index -- Subject Index
Author: Chris Argyris Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1555424465 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 278
Book Description
"This book is a landmark in two fields. It is a practical guide tothe reform of professional education. It is also a beacon totheoretical thinking about human organizations, about theirinterdepAndence with the social structure of the professions, andabout theory in practice." -- Journal of Higher Education
Author: Chris Argyris Publisher: Sage Publications (CA) ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 60
Book Description
Pamphlet on the business organization of the enterprise of the future - covers management attitudes of top management in the USA towards organizational change, adaptability of enterprises to changing environments, etc. References.
Author: Chris Argyris Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 019926807X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 251
Book Description
This is a book about how social sciences can be improved in ways that its relevance is expanded, the applicability of its knowledge is enlarged and increased and the commitment to questioning the status quo is strengthened.
Author: Chris Argyris Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191615129 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
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 are asked if things will ever change, they throw up their hands in despair. They feel like victims trapped in an asylum. And people often are trapped. But they are not trapped by some oppressive regime or organizational structure that has been imposed on them. They are not victims. In fact, people themselves are responsible for making the status quo so resistant to change. We are trapped by our own behavior. Researchers and practitioners have often reflected on these things, but there is a puzzle. On the one hand, there is substantial agreement that these traps are counterproductive to effective performance. On the other hand, there is almost no focus on how organizational traps can be prevented or reduced. This book argues that whatever theory is used to describe and understand such organizational traps should be used to design and implement interventions that reduce and prevent them. Argyris is one of the world's leading management scholars whose work has consistently shed light on orgainzational problems. This book is essential reading for MBAs, managers, and consultants.
Author: Chris Argyris Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 9780631213093 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 480
Book 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. Brings together the thinking of one of the world's leading management thinkers: especially in the area of action learning.
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Author: CHRIS ARGYRIS
Author: Stoyan Stoyanov
Author: Chris Argyris
Author: Chris Argyris
Author: Chris Argyris
Author: Chris Argyris
Author: Chris Argyris
Author: Chris Argyris
Author: Chris Argyris