Background
Argyris, Chris was born on July 16, 1923 in Newark. Son of Stephen and Sophia (Papasthathis) Argyris.
(Organizational defences that exist in most organizations ...)
Organizational defences that exist in most organizations can inhibit organizational performance. This book shows how to diagnose the organization to expose the weaknesses. Each chapter contains advice about how to reduce organizational defences to bring about improved involvement and performance.
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(A member of the PH OD Series! "Organizational Learning II...)
A member of the PH OD Series! "Organizational Learning II" expands and updates the ideas and concepts of the authors' ground- breaking first book. With new examples and the most up-to-date information on the technical aspects of organizational and management theory, Argyris and Schon demonstrate how the research and practice of organizational learning can be incorporated in today's business environment. Features chapters focused around the Introduction to Organizational Learning; Defensive Reasoning And The Theoretical Framework That Explains It; Inquiry-Enhancing Intervention and Its Theoretical Basis; and Strengths and Weaknesses Of Consultation and Research In The Field Of Organizational Learning.
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( The emphasis on organizational change in the corporate...)
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.
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(First published in 1972, this is a searching critique of ...)
First published in 1972, this is a searching critique of work by both sociologists and psychologists on organisational structure and behaviour. Professor Argyris - although examining many different viewpoints - focuses in depth on five major writers on the subject: John Goldthrope, Peter Blau, James Thompson, Charles Perrow and David Lockwood, and analyses the practical, policy-making implications they draw or which would logically follow from their theoretical position. Asserting that research work on complex organizations has failed to integrate the sociological and psychological level of analysis - ignoring the importance of individual personality, group dynamics and interpersonal relationships - the author argues that this is self-defeating for sociological research; that it questions many of the findings of sociologists; and leads to their work in fact unintentionally maintaining the status quo as conceived by scientific management. A challenging and stimulating contribution to the debate on sociological theory.
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(Behind the Front Page: Organizational Self-Renewal in Met...)
Behind the Front Page: Organizational Self-Renewal in Metropolition Newspapers (The Jossey-Bass behavioral science series) (Hardcover) by Chris Argyris
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(Considers how organizations learn or fail to learn. The a...)
Considers how organizations learn or fail to learn. The authors distinguish three types of organizational learning. Then, they advance a perspective on organizational intervention which is enhanced by five specific case examples.
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(This is a book for Behavioral Therapist and everyone alik...)
This is a book for Behavioral Therapist and everyone alike who wants to learn how Theory and Method works inside of an Intervention. A MUST HAVE!!!
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(This book is essential for anyone who needs to understand...)
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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(8.25x5.6, 210p and packed with examples. A practical guid...)
8.25x5.6, 210p and packed with examples. A practical guide to decision making for OD, avoiding pitfalls, opening communication and promoting feedback.
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(Organizational defenses that exist in most organizations ...)
Organizational defenses that exist in most organizations can inhibit organizational performance. This book shows how to diagnose the organization to expose the weaknesses. Each chapter contains advice about how to reduce organizational defenses to bring about improved involvement and performance.
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(A three-pronged approach to overcoming mediocrity, presen...)
A three-pronged approach to overcoming mediocrity, presented by one of the nation's top business theorist. Replete with case examples, this book details how employee reasoning, learning and action--properly developed--can counteract the self-defeating behavior affecting many organizations.
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organizational behavior educator
Argyris, Chris was born on July 16, 1923 in Newark. Son of Stephen and Sophia (Papasthathis) Argyris.
AB, Clark University, 1947. Master of Arts, University Kansas, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1951.
Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1960. Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1971. Doctor of Laws, De Paul University.
Doctor of Laws, Buckingham University. Doctor of Laws, Mc Gill University, 1977. Doctor of Psychology, Pedagogy, University Louvain, 1978.
Doctor of Psychology, Pedagogy, Stockholm School Economic, 1979. Doctor of Laws, Warwick University, England, 1996. Doctor of Laws, Higher Education Commission School Management, Paris, 1997.
Doctor of Business Administration, University Piraeus, 1998. Doctor in Economic Science, London Business School, 1998.
From assistant professor to professor, Yale University, 1951-1960; Beach professor administrative science, Yale University, 1965-1971; James Bryant Conant professor education, organizational behavior, Harvard University Graduate Schools Business, since 1971. Consultant in field.
( The emphasis on organizational change in the corporate...)
( The emphasis on organizational change in the corporate...)
(Behind the Front Page: Organizational Self-Renewal in Met...)
(A member of the PH OD Series! "Organizational Learning II...)
(First published in 1972, this is a searching critique of ...)
(This is a book for Behavioral Therapist and everyone alik...)
(A three-pronged approach to overcoming mediocrity, presen...)
(This book is essential for anyone who needs to understand...)
(Organizational defences that exist in most organizations ...)
(Organizational defenses that exist in most organizations ...)
(Considers how organizations learn or fail to learn. The a...)
(Must reading for academics and executives alike. Leading ...)
(the theory provides no way to predict)
(8.25x5.6, 210p and packed with examples. A practical guid...)
Trustee Clark University, Massachusetts, National Training Laboratories With Signal Corps, Army of the United States, 1941-1945. Fellow National Academy Human Resources. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Renee Brocoum, July 23, 1950. Children: Dianne Ellen, James Phillip.