The Executive Mind: New Insights on Managerial Thought and Action
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PrefaceThe Authors
Introduction: Common Themes in Executive Thought and Action
Part One: Processes of Envisioning
1. The Artform of Leadership(Warren Bennis)
2. Productive and Counterproductive Reasoning Processes(Chris Argyris)
3. The Mind of the Strategist(s)(Henry Mintsberg, James A. Waters)
Part Two: Processes of Experiencing and Sense-Making
4. Cultivating Timely Executive Action(William R. Torbert)
5. Problem Management: Learning from Experience(David A. Kolb)
6. Stakeholders of Executive Decision Making(Ian I. Mitroff, Richard O. Mason)
7. Union of Rationality and Intuition in Management Action(Louis R. Pondy)
Part Three: Processes of Knowing and Enacting
8. Patterns of Individual and Organizational Learning(Frank Friedlander)
9. Managerial Thought in the Context of Action(Karl E. Weick)
10. Searching for Essence in Executive Experience(Fred Massarik)
Part Four: Processes for Developing the Executive Mind
11. Strengthening Management Education(Ronald E. Fry, William A. Pasmore)
12. Improving Executive Functioning (Suresh Srivastva)
Introduction: Common Themes in Executive Thought and Action
Part One: Processes of Envisioning
1. The Artform of Leadership(Warren Bennis)
2. Productive and Counterproductive Reasoning Processes(Chris Argyris)
3. The Mind of the Strategist(s)(Henry Mintsberg, James A. Waters)
Part Two: Processes of Experiencing and Sense-Making
4. Cultivating Timely Executive Action(William R. Torbert)
5. Problem Management: Learning from Experience(David A. Kolb)
6. Stakeholders of Executive Decision Making(Ian I. Mitroff, Richard O. Mason)
7. Union of Rationality and Intuition in Management Action(Louis R. Pondy)
Part Three: Processes of Knowing and Enacting
8. Patterns of Individual and Organizational Learning(Frank Friedlander)
9. Managerial Thought in the Context of Action(Karl E. Weick)
10. Searching for Essence in Executive Experience(Fred Massarik)
Part Four: Processes for Developing the Executive Mind
11. Strengthening Management Education(Ronald E. Fry, William A. Pasmore)
12. Improving Executive Functioning (Suresh Srivastva)
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``One of those rare works that provides a major contribution to the developing body of management knowledge while having immediate practical usefulness. It is very well edited and organized.''
