Title: On organizations of the future.
Authors: Argyris, Chris, 1923-2013
Publisher: Sage Publications
Year: 1973
Subjects: Organizational change.; Organization Research
Contents: Chapter 1: Organizational deterioration: a major force for change -- What are the causes of organizational deterioration? -- Characteristics of the lower-level world -- Characteristics of the managerial world -- Summary and implications -- Chapter II: Organizational research and interpersonal competence -- Direction and emphasis of organizational research -- How important are opportunities for self-realization and growth? -- Individual growth and organizational design -- Organizational change begins at the top -- Credibility of commitment toward more humane organizations -- Chapter III: Organizational change in the executive system -- Managerial pain -- Accounting for managerial resistance -- Questions for executives -- Processes of changing -- Chapter IV: Some guideposts for organizational structures -- Tinkering with the system.