Research Catalog

Title

Organizational learning II : theory, method and practice / Chris Argyris, Donald A. Schön.

Author

Argyris, Chris, 1923-2013.

Publication

Reading, Mass ; Wokingham : Addison-Wesley, ©1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

Schön, Donald A.

Description

xxix, 305 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

Organizational Learning II: Theory, Method, and Practice expands and updates the ideas and concepts of the authors' ground-breaking first book. Offering fresh innovations, strategies, and concise explanations of long-held theories, this book includes new alternatives for practitioners and researchers. Argyris and Schon address the four principle questions which cut across the two branches of the field of organizational learning. Why is an organization a learning venue? Are real-world organizations capable of learning? What kinds of learning are desirable? How can organizations develop their capability for desirable kinds of learning? With new examples and the most up-to-date information on the technical aspects of organization and management theory, Argyris and Schon demonstrate how the research and practice of organizational learning can be incorporated in today's business environment.

Series Statement

Addison Wesley OD series

Uniform Title

Addison-Wesley series on organization development.

Subject

• Organizational learning
• Organizational behavior
• Organizational change
• Organizational Innovation
• Organizational change
• Organizational behavior
• Organizational learning
• Organisationsverhalten
• Organisatorisches Lernen
• Organisatieontwikkeling
• Organisatiesociologie
• Wetenschappelijke technieken
• organization development
• action learning
• management attitude
• learning
• behaviour
• teaching method
• leadership
• decision making
• testing
• theoretical exercise
• Organizacao interna (administracao)
• Organizacao (mudanca)
• Comportement organisationnel
• Apprentissage, Psychologie de l'
• Employés > Formation
• Efficacité de l'organisation
• Organisation de l'entreprise
• Changement organisationnel
• Sociologie des organisations
• développement de l'organisation
• attitude patronale
• acquisition de connaissances
• comportement
• méthode pédagogique
• commandement
• prise de décision
• mise à l'épreuve
• exercice théorique
• desarrollo de la organización
• actitud de la dirección
• adquisición de conocimientos
• comportamiento
• método pedagógico
• liderazgo
• toma de decisiones
• comprobación
• ejercicio teórico

Genre/Form

• management development guide.
• bibliography.
• guide de formation des cadres.
• bibliographie.
• guía de desarrollo gerencial.
• bibliografía.

Note

• Reprinted with corrections.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-295) and indexes.

Contents

Part I. An introduction to organizational learning. What is an organization that it may learn? -- Turning the researcher/practitioner relationship on its head -- The mercury case: what facilitates or inhibits productive organizational learning -- Part II. Defensive reasoning and the theoretical framework that explains it--Model I and O-I. Defensive reasoning in individuals -- The case of the CIO: primary and secondary inhibitory loops -- Part III. Inquiry-enhancing intervention and its theoretical basis; Prologue. Intervention toward O-II learning systems -- The classroom: intervention for learning and research -- A comprehensive Model II intervention -- Part IV. Strengths and weaknesses of consultation and research in the field of organizational learning; Prologue. The evolving field of organizational learning -- Making sense of limited learning -- Strategy and learning: making prescriptions actionable by Wim Overseer -- Afterword.

ISBN

• 0201629836
• 9780201629835

LCCN

77081195

OCLC

• ocm35831782
• 35831782
• SCSB-1456481

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library