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Positive Change Written Works: Article Detail |
Organizational wisdom and executive courage
Editor: S Srivastva , D L Cooperrider
The New Lexington Press
San Francisco, CA
Date: 01/01/1998
ISBN: 0787910945
Edition: 1
Pages: 304
Annotation: This book is filled with compelling essays from the most well-respected scholars in the organization and management sciences. Written for both researchers and thinking executives, the book offers cutting-edge insights on the best methods to create, manage, and sustain organizations in an environment of accelerated change and complexity.
Table of Contents
Preface
The Editors
The Contributors
1. An Invitation to Organizational Wisdom
and Executive Courage
David L. Cooperrider, Suresh Srivastva
PART ONE Evolutionary Wisdom: A Sensemaking Perspective
2. The Unspeakable Texture of Process Wisdom,
Peter B. Vaill
3. The Attitude of Wisdom: Ambivalence as
the Optimal Compromise, Karl E. Weick
4. Facing the Future: Backing Courage with Wisdom,
Janice M. Beyer
David Nino
PART TWO Into the Relational Heart of
Organization: The Social Construction of Wisdom
and Courage
5. Reinscribing Organizational Wisdom and
Courage: The Relationally Engaged Organization,
Sheila McNamee
6. The Political Organization of Wisdom and
Courage, Edward E. Sampson
7. The Relational Rebirthing of Wisdom and
Courage,
Mary M. Gergen and Kenneth J. Gergen
PART THREE Aiming Higher: Disciplines for the
Development of Wisdom and Courage
8. Thorny Glory: Toward Organizational Greatness,
Pradip N. Khandwalla
9. Societal Leadership: The Wisdom of Peace, Nancy J. Adler
10. Developing Wisdom and Courage in Organizing and Sciencing,
William R. Torbert
11. An Epilogue: An Invitation to Future
Dialogue, Suresh Srivastva and
Argun Saatcioglu
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