Management Thought of Louis R. Pondy - Reclaiming the Enthinkment Path

This book offers an assessment of Pondy's contribution, through critical reflection on what happened to the relationship between conflict theory and 'beyond open systems'.

Sommario

FOREWORD: LOUIS RALPH PONDY'S "TEAR" IN MANAGEMENT THOUGHT
PREFACE: PONDY'S JOURNEY FROM "BOUNDED RATIONALITY" TOWARDS "ENTHINKMENT AND EXISTENTIALISM"
PART I - LOUIS RALPH PONDY'S MANAGEMENT THOUGHT 1966-1976
CHAPTER 1 LOUIS RALPH PONDY (1938-1987), A LATE MEMORIAL ADDRESS: GOING BEYOND BOUNDED RATIONALISMS
CHAPTER 2 1967, ASQ PUBLISHES THE WRONG PONDY CONFLICT MODEL, SOUNDLY REJECTED BY PONDY 1966
PART II - PONDY'S MANAGEMENT THOUGHT 1976-1980
CHAPTER 3 1976, BEYOND OPEN SYSTEMS THEORY
CHAPTER 4, 1977, THE SOUND OF THE OTHER HAND CLAPPING
CHAPTER 5 1977, PONDY'S LITTLE WOW MOMENT OF MENTORING CHANGED MY LIFE
CHAPTER 6 1978, LEADERSHIP AS A LANGUAGE GAME
CHAPTER 7 1980, BRINGING MIND BACK INTO MANAGEMENT THOUGHT
PART III- PONDY'S MANAGEMENT THOUGHT 1980-1986
CHAPTER 8 1983, UNION OF RATIONALITY AND INTUITION: AN EXISTENTIAL TURN
CHAPTER 9 PONDY AND HUFF'S 1986 PROCESS OF EMERGENT POLICY REFRAMING
CHAPTER 10 PONDY'S 1986 REFLECTIONS ON CONFLICT
CHAPTER 11 1987, SYMBOLS AND MYTHS IN MANAGEMENT THOUGHT
CHAPTER 12 EPILOGUE: WHAT IS PONDY'S CONTRIBUTION TO MANAGEMENT THOUGHT? ENTHINKMENT!
PART IV - AFTER PONDY: ON THE ROAD TO EXISTENTIALISM
CHAPTER 13 IMPLICATIONS OF ENTHINKMENT TO CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT THOUGHT
CHAPTER 14: BEYOND QUANTUM STORYTELLING LIMITS OF ENTHINKMENT AND ENACTMENT DUALITY
CHAPTER 15: FULL CIRCLE FROM RATIONALISM TO EXISTENTIALISM
References
Index

Info autore

David M. Boje is Professor Emeritus in Management at New Mexico State University, and Professor at Aalborg University Business School, Denmark.
Rohny Saylors is Assistant Professor in entrepreneurship at Washington State University.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David M. Boje, Boje David M.
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032189680
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3218968-0
• Pagine: 186
• Serie: Systems Thinking
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Management; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, Knowledge Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Conflict Resolution & Mediation, Organizational theory & behaviour, Sociology: work & labour, Operational research, Production & quality control management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour, Production and quality control management