Reasons and rationalizations : the limits to organizational knowledge

Reasons and rationalizations : the limits to organizational knowledge / Chris Argyris.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Argyris, Chris, 1923-2013
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Organizational learning.
Knowledge management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Information Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
Knowledge management
Organizational learning
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction; 2. The Corrosion of Character: Capitalist and Socialist Economics; 3. Inhibiting Double-Loop Learning in Business Organizations; 4. Inhibiting Double-Loop Learning in Government and Information Technology; 5. Features of Scholarly Inquiry that Inhibit Double-Loop Learning and Implementable Validity; 6. Interventions that Facilitate Double-Loop Learning; 7. Organizational Interventions that Facilitate Double-Loop Learning; 8. Conclusion; References; Index.

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