On Organizational Learning

by A R G Y R I S (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $3.41

  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.

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.41

  Draws together the seminal work on organizational learning done over many years by Chris Argyris to give a complete picture of his contribution in the field. This book should be useful to anyone interested in understanding how organizations work, evolve and learn. 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. Topics covered include: organizational learning and action science; organizational effectiveness, and what inhibits it; organizational development and human resource activities; and 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.

• New

  Paperback
  1999

  $42.60

  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 worlda s leading management thinkers: especially in the area of action learning.