JOHN E. TROPMAN is Professor of Nonprofit Administration and Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is also principal of his own consulting firm, High Quality Decisions, Ann Arbor, which offers programs and coaching for corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. With teaching experience in a wide range of subjects and fields, including executive education, organizational behavior, and human resources management, Tropman is author of many journal articles and books, including Does America Hate the Poor? The Other American Dilemma (Praeger, 1998) and Entrepreneurial Systems for the 1990s with Gersh Morningstar (1989).

• Foreword by Gersh Morningstar Preface Ideas and Organizations/Organizations and Ideas The Energy of Thought The Forces for Change: Diversity, Speed, and Magnitude The Five Cs Theory of IdeaLeadership and IdeaMangement The Fatal Glass of Beer Pernicious Procedures: Problems of Processing New Ideas Corrosive Concepts: Drilling Holes in the Boat Dangerous Decisions: A Race to the Bottom Helping New Ideas Along Through Leading and Managing IdeaLeadership and IdeaManagement Leading and Managing Idea Generation and Storage: The Half-Baked Ideas Conference The Seven I Idea Helping Ideas Along Through Team and Decision Leadership and Management Leading and Managing the Team Meeting Process Leading and Managing the Team Meeting Process: Players on the Team/Actors in the Drama Leading and Managing the Team Decision Process: Decision Rules The Power of 11: From Art to Part--from Concept to Customer Creating the Idea-Driven Self Creating Idea-Driven Skills Creating Idea-Driven Styles Creating Organizational Subculture Creating Idea-Driven Strategy Creating Idea-Driven Structures Creating Idea--Driven Systems Creating Idea-Driven Staff Staying Ahead of the Curve Creating Change and Supporting Shift References Index

JOHN E. TROPMAN is Professor of Nonprofit Administration and Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is also principal of his own consulting firm, High Quality Decisions, Ann Arbor, which offers programs and coaching for corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. With teaching experience in a wide range of subjects and fields, including executive education, organizational behavior, and human resources management, Tropman is author of many journal articles and books, including Does America Hate the Poor? The Other American Dilemma (Praeger, 1998) and Entrepreneurial Systems for the 1990s with Gersh Morningstar (1989).

• Foreword by Gersh Morningstar Preface Ideas and Organizations/Organizations and Ideas The Energy of Thought The Forces for Change: Diversity, Speed, and Magnitude The Five Cs Theory of IdeaLeadership and IdeaMangement The Fatal Glass of Beer Pernicious Procedures: Problems of Processing New Ideas Corrosive Concepts: Drilling Holes in the Boat Dangerous Decisions: A Race to the Bottom Helping New Ideas Along Through Leading and Managing IdeaLeadership and IdeaManagement Leading and Managing Idea Generation and Storage: The Half-Baked Ideas Conference The Seven I Idea Helping Ideas Along Through Team and Decision Leadership and Management Leading and Managing the Team Meeting Process Leading and Managing the Team Meeting Process: Players on the Team/Actors in the Drama Leading and Managing the Team Decision Process: Decision Rules The Power of 11: From Art to Part--from Concept to Customer Creating the Idea-Driven Self Creating Idea-Driven Skills Creating Idea-Driven Styles Creating Organizational Subculture Creating Idea-Driven Strategy Creating Idea-Driven Structures Creating Idea--Driven Systems Creating Idea-Driven Staff Staying Ahead of the Curve Creating Change and Supporting Shift References Index

JOHN E. TROPMAN is Professor of Nonprofit Administration and Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is also principal of his own consulting firm, High Quality Decisions, Ann Arbor, which offers programs and coaching for corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. With teaching experience in a wide range of subjects and fields, including executive education, organizational behavior, and human resources management, Tropman is author of many journal articles and books, including Does America Hate the Poor? The Other American Dilemma (Praeger, 1998) and Entrepreneurial Systems for the 1990s with Gersh Morningstar (1989).

• Foreword by Gersh Morningstar Preface Ideas and Organizations/Organizations and Ideas The Energy of Thought The Forces for Change: Diversity, Speed, and Magnitude The Five Cs Theory of IdeaLeadership and IdeaMangement The Fatal Glass of Beer Pernicious Procedures: Problems of Processing New Ideas Corrosive Concepts: Drilling Holes in the Boat Dangerous Decisions: A Race to the Bottom Helping New Ideas Along Through Leading and Managing IdeaLeadership and IdeaManagement Leading and Managing Idea Generation and Storage: The Half-Baked Ideas Conference The Seven I Idea Helping Ideas Along Through Team and Decision Leadership and Management Leading and Managing the Team Meeting Process Leading and Managing the Team Meeting Process: Players on the Team/Actors in the Drama Leading and Managing the Team Decision Process: Decision Rules The Power of 11: From Art to Part--from Concept to Customer Creating the Idea-Driven Self Creating Idea-Driven Skills Creating Idea-Driven Styles Creating Organizational Subculture Creating Idea-Driven Strategy Creating Idea-Driven Structures Creating Idea--Driven Systems Creating Idea-Driven Staff Staying Ahead of the Curve Creating Change and Supporting Shift References Index