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RECORD NUMBER: 2 OF 2| Main Title | The Abilene paradox and other meditations on management / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Harvey, Jerry B. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Lexington Books ; University Associates, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1988 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 17676060 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0669191795 (alk. paper); 9780669191790 (alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Organizational behavior--Moral and ethical aspects--Humor ; Management--Moral and ethical aspects--Humor ; Management | |||||||||||
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| Collation | viii, 150 p. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Bibliography: p. [145]-150. |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction -- The Abilene Paradox : the management of agreement -- Organizations as phrog farms -- Management and the myth of Abraham; or, Go plant a cabbage on God's behalf -- Captain Asoh and the concept of grace -- Eichmann in the organization -- Group tyranny and the Gunsmoke phenomenon -- Encouraging future managers to cheat. |