Models for Management : The Structure of Competence
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Printer-friendly version| Title | Models for Management : The Structure of Competence |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Pub Year | 1981 |
| Authors | Shtogren, J. |
| Publisher | Woodstead Pr |
| Keywords | groupthink, hierarchy |
| Notes |
hierarchy"Chain of command looks good on paper, but in practice it falls far short as an effective system for arousing cooperation when basic economic conditions have resulted in men being released from industrial servitude." (p. 122) groupthink"I use the term groupthink as a quick and easy way to refer to the mode of thinking that persons engage in when concurrence seeking becomes so dominant in a cohesive ingroup that it tends to override realistic appraisal of alternative courses of action. Groupthink is a term in the same order as the words in the newspeak vocabulary George Orwell used in his dismaying world of 1984. In that context, groupthink takes on an invidious connotation. Exactly such a connotation is intended, since the term refers to a deterioration in mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgments as a result of group pressures." (p. 364) |
| URL | http://books.google.com/books?id=TaYtW4fbRDkC |