Organizational Traps: Leadership, Culture, Organizational Design

by Chris Argyris

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199639647
• ISBN13: 9780199639649
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"