Chris Argyris received his PhD in organizational behavior from Cornell University and served on the Yale University faculty for the next twenty years. He then became the James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Organizational Behavior at Harvard University and held joint appointments over time at the Business, Law, and Kennedy Schools. His early research dealt with organizational structures and organizational change. His primary research methodology has been intervention, and his ongoing concern has been the applicability of knowledge.

Review from previous edition Reasons and Rationalizations is one of the most challenging and powerful books produced in the field of management for many years. It is not surprising when you consider it was written by one of the world's leading management scholars. Professor Argyris' contribution to the management and applied social science literature has no rival, he is in a league literally by himself. This outstanding book is a must read for all managers and executives, academics in business schools, applied social scientists, and any others prepared to think about and confront the challenges of organizational life in our times.

• 1. Introductory Remarks ; 2. The Corrosion of Character: Capitalist and Socialist Economics ; 3. Inhibiting Double-Loop Learning in Business Organizations ; 4. Inhibiting Double-Loop Learning in Government and I.T. ; 5. Features of Scholarly Inquiry that Inhibit Double-Loop Learning and Implementable Validity ; 6. Interventions that Facilitate Double-Loop Learning ; 7. Organizational Interventions that Facilitate Double-Loop Learning ; 8. Concluding Comments

Chris Argyris received his PhD in organizational behavior from Cornell University and served on the Yale University faculty for the next twenty years. He then became the James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Organizational Behavior at Harvard University and held joint appointments over time at the Business, Law, and Kennedy Schools. His early research dealt with organizational structures and organizational change. His primary research methodology has been intervention, and his ongoing concern has been the applicability of knowledge.

Review from previous edition Reasons and Rationalizations is one of the most challenging and powerful books produced in the field of management for many years. It is not surprising when you consider it was written by one of the world's leading management scholars. Professor Argyris' contribution to the management and applied social science literature has no rival, he is in a league literally by himself. This outstanding book is a must read for all managers and executives, academics in business schools, applied social scientists, and any others prepared to think about and confront the challenges of organizational life in our times.

• 1. Introductory Remarks ; 2. The Corrosion of Character: Capitalist and Socialist Economics ; 3. Inhibiting Double-Loop Learning in Business Organizations ; 4. Inhibiting Double-Loop Learning in Government and I.T. ; 5. Features of Scholarly Inquiry that Inhibit Double-Loop Learning and Implementable Validity ; 6. Interventions that Facilitate Double-Loop Learning ; 7. Organizational Interventions that Facilitate Double-Loop Learning ; 8. Concluding Comments