On Organizational Learning - Hardcover

ARGYRIS

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557862621 ISBN 13: 9781557862624

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1993

Synopsis

This is the first time that the seminal work on organizational learning done over many years by Chris Argyris (one of the US' most eminent management thinkers and educationalists) has been drawn together to give a complete picture of his outstanding contribution in the field. For anyone who needs to understand how organizations work, evolve, and learn, this book will be essential reading. The themes of how organizations learn and how organizational politics function define the continuing importance and relevance of the key issues which the pieces in the book address:. * Organizational learning and Action Science. * Organizational effectiveness, and what inhibits it. * Organizational development and human resource activities. * Usable knowledge and how it is inhibited. The author's focus on the defensive and protective processes which block organizations from learning has opened them up to a new form of scrutiny, and demonstrates the liberating alternatives created by scientific investigation.

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Review

"Intellectually stimulating." Times Higher Educational Supplement .

From the Back Cover

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. Focusing on learning and organizational politics, the book addresses the key issues of: Organizational learning and Action Science. Organizational effectiveness and what inhibits it. Organizational development and human resource activities. Usable knowledge and how it is inhibited.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557862621
• ISBN 13: 9781557862624
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480