Insights on Management: Volume I

The Adizes blog which is posted at least once a week on Dr. Adizes' website www.ichakadizes.com and sent by e-mail to thousands of subscribers began life in 2003 as a monthly column called "Insights." They were literally insights rather than the products of scientific research. In the words of Dr. Adizes: "I dared to say what I thought. In doing so I opened myself up to criticism. And that is what I got: Many people wrote to say they disagreed with one or more of my observations or conclusions. But they kept reading because what I wrote made them think. And that is exactly what I set out to achieve. In this book-the second of a series-all of the essays deal with managing organizations. The ideas often evolved out of something I saw heard or felt as I consulted to hundreds of companies, governments, and other organizations around the world. Then in light of the response from readers I often rethought my Insights, re-edited, rewrote or updated them. In their new book-length form I believe these Insights will continue to stir thought and debate.