The Executive Mind: New Insights on Managerial Thought and Action

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)