Download or read book Integrating the Individual and the Organization written by Chris Argyris and published by New York : Wiley. This book was released on 1964 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Chris Argyris s Integrating The Individual and the Organization written by Stoyan Stoyanov and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Chris Argyris s Integrating the Individual and the Organization written by Stoyan Stoyanov and published by Macat Library. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical analysis of Argyris's Integrating The Individual and the Organization, in which 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.
Download or read book On Organizations of the Future written by Chris Argyris and published by Sage Publications (CA). This book was released on 1973 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Theory in Practice written by Chris Argyris and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1992-04-16 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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
Download or read book Personality and Organization written by Chris Argyris and published by New York : Harper & Row. This book was released on 1957 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reasons and Rationalizations written by Chris Argyris and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2004 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the purpose of social science and management research? Do scholars/researchers have a responsibility to generate insights and knowledge that are of practical (implementable) value and validity? The author questions many of the assumptions of organizational theory and research.
Download or read book Organization of a Bank written by Chris Argyris and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Individual and Organization written by Chris Argyris and published by Irvington Pub. This book was released on 1993-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Overcoming Organizational Defenses written by Chris Argyris and published by Pearson. This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Organizational Traps written by Chris Argyris and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book On Organizational Learning written by Chris Argyris and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1999-06-18 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Management and Organizational Development written by Chris Argyris and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1971 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrating the Individual and the Organization written by and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Applicability of Organizational Sociology written by Chris Argyris and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1972-07-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Knowledge for Action written by Chris Argyris and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1993-04-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovering roadblocks to improvement; Diagnosing and intervening in the organization; Using key learnings to solve problem situations.
Download or read book Executive Leadership written by Chris Argyris and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
