Chris Argyris

Author of Knowledge for Action: A Guide to Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Change

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About the Author

Chris Argyris was born in 1923. He holds an A.B in psychology from Clark University, an M.A. in psychology and economics from Kansas University, and a Ph.D in organizational behavior from Cornell University. He has taught at Yale University and at Harvard, where he currently is the James Bryand show more Conent professor in the graduate schools of business administration and education. Argyris has written more than 20 books that aspire to enable readers to create organizations and deal with management and the changing face of the corporate world. Organizational Learning II : Theory, Method and Practice, Overcoming Organizational Defenses, and Integrating the Individual and the Organization are a few of his more notable titles. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by Chris Argyris

Organizational Learning II: Theory, Method, and Practice (1995) 88 copies

Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness (1974) 84 copies, 1 review

Teaching Smart People How to Learn (2008) 72 copies, 1 review

Overcoming Organizational Defenses: Facilitating Organizational Learning (1990) 71 copies

On Organizational Learning (1993) 71 copies

Flawed Advice and the Management Trap: How Managers Can Know When They're Getting Good Advice and When They're Not (2000) 56 copies

Organizational Traps: Leadership, Culture, Organizational Design (2010) 38 copies, 1 review

The Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (Blackwell Business) (1998) — Editor — 34 copies

Organizational Learning: A Theory of Action Perspective (1978) 28 copies

Reasons and Rationalizations: The Limits to Organizational Knowledge (2003) 28 copies

Action Science (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series) (1985) 27 copies

Integrating the Individual and the Organization (1964) 23 copies

Reasoning, Learning, and Action: Individual and Organizational (1982) 19 copies

Intervention Theory and Method: A Behavioral Science View (1970) 19 copies

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, 12 Volume Set (2005) 12 copies

The Applicability of Organizational Sociology (1972) 11 copies

Personality and organization; the conflict between system and the individual (1970) 10 copies

Management and organizational development; the path from XA to YB (1971) 10 copies

Strategy, Change, and Defensive Routines (1985) 10 copies

Leren in en door organisaties : het hanteerbaar maken van kennis (1996) 8 copies

Behind the Front Page: Organizational Self-Renewal in Metropolition Newspapers (1974) 4 copies

Organization and innovation (The Irwin-Dorsey series in behavioral science) 3 copies

Harvard Business Review over lerende organisaties 3 copies, 1 review

Increasing leadership effectiveness (Wiley series in behavior) (1976) 3 copies

Harvard Business Review over besluitvorming (2002) 3 copies

Mens en organisatie in het bedrijf 2 copies

Inner contradictions of rigorous research (1980) 2 copies

Interpersonal competence and organizational effectiveness 1 copy

Organisation and innovation 1 copy

Intermenselijke verhoudingen en organisatorisch rendement 1 copy

Apprendimento organizzativo: teoria, metodo e pratiche (1998) 1 copy

Personalidade e organização: O conflito entre o Sistema e o indivíduo. 1 copy

La dirección y el desarrollo organizacional (el camino de XA a YB) 1 copy

Leren in en door organisaties het hanteerbaar maken van kennis (1996) 1 copy

El individuo dentro de la organización (1979) 1 copy

intermenselijke verhoudingen en organisatorisch rendement 1 copy

Enfrentando defesas empresariais : facilitando o aprendizado organizacional (1992) 1 copy

Understanding Organizational Behavior (1960) 1 copy

Individen och organisationen 1 copy

Argyris (1982), Organizational dynamics, AWcom 1 copy

Superare le difese organizzative. Strategie vincenti per facilitare l'apprendimento nelle organizzazioni (1994) 1 copy

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (with featured article "Leadership That Gets Results," by Daniel Goleman) (2011) — Contributor — 323 copies, 1 review

Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management (1987) — Contributor — 246 copies, 1 review

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Birthdate: 1923-07-16
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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stonecrops 80 reviews

Teaching Smart People How to Learn (Harvard Business Review Classics) by Chris Argyris

It's like a teaser trailer for "Overcoming Organizational Defenses."

Nov 26, 2018

michelbeaumont 7 reviews

Savoir pour agir : surmonter les obstacles à l'apprentissage organisationnel by Chris Argyris

http://www.dunod.com/pages/ouvrages/ficheouvrage.asp?id=47029

Jun 5, 2006

titusmars 20 reviews

Organizational Traps: Leadership, Culture, Organizational Design by Chris Argyris

Het laatste boek van Chris Argyris (overleden in 2013) lag al veel te lang op mijn aandacht te wachten. Model I en II, de linker-rechterkolom casusbeschrijvingen, de gebruikstheorie versus de beleden theorie, wie eerder van Argyris gelezen heeft komt het allemaal opnieuw tegen. Toch onderscheidt 'Traps' zich wezenlijk. Dat komt allereerst door de benadering vanuit de 'traps', valkuilen, die we in onze organisaties hebben, veelal onbespreekbaar gemaakt hebben en waarvan ook de show more onbespreekbaarheid onbespreekbaar is, en die we op die manier vaardig vasthouden. Interessant is ook de flinke stapel recente (zo'n vijf jaar voor 2010) managementliteratuur die Argyris behandelt vanuit zijn model - en keer op keer aannemelijk maakt dat 't op deze manier niet erg kan opschieten. En ook net als bij eerdere boeken: je wordt er niet optimistisch geëngageerd van. "Argyris verkoopt absoluut niet", zei een collega laatst tegen me, en ook dat geldt, helaas, ook weer voor dit boek. Toch lezen, hoor. Want hij heeft wel gelijk! show less

Dec 5, 2016Dutch

Thecadcollege 496 reviews

Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness by Chris Argyris

This book argues that for professionals to be more effective, they must not only espouse productive theories of action, but also become aware of and change their underlying “theories‐in‐use” through reflective learning and organizational inquiry.

Sep 26, 2025English (UK)

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