Abilene Paradox and Other Meditations on Management

JERRY B. HARVEY is professor of management science at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and author of the widely used McGraw-Hill management development film "The Abilene Paradox."

"Harvey's meditations are a joy. They are the most exquisite essays on management that I've read in over a decade. In fact, this is the only book about management that I've really loved." --Warren Bennis, coauthor of Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge and author of Why Leaders Can't Lead "Jerry Harvey has become a legAnd in his own time with the success of The Abilene Paradox--a principle of group behavior that has application in corporations, government, academia, and family alike. Now he takes aim at a host of other sacred organizational norms and, in succession, dismantles each. You'll smile at his insight and laugh at his wit." --Kenneth H. Blanchard, coauthor of The One-Minute Manager

• 1. Introduction2. The Abilene Paradox: The Management of Agreement3. Organizations as Phrog Farms4. Management and the Myth of Abraham; or, Go Plant a Cabbage on God's Behalf5. Captain Asoh and the Concept of Grace6. Eichmann in the Organization7. Group Tyranny and the Gunsmoke Phenomenon8. Encouraging Future Managers to Cheat