Groupthink or deadlock : when do leaders learn from their advisors? /
"The danger of groupthink is now standard fare in leadership training programs and a widely accepted explanation, among political scientists, for policy-making fiascoes. Efforts to avoid groupthink, however, can lead to an even more serious problem - deadlock. Groupthink or Deadlock explores th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2002.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0585455287 9780585455280 0791452506 9780791452509 0791452492 9780791452493 9780791489208 0791489205 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "The danger of groupthink is now standard fare in leadership training programs and a widely accepted explanation, among political scientists, for policy-making fiascoes. Efforts to avoid groupthink, however, can lead to an even more serious problem - deadlock. Groupthink or Deadlock explores these dual problems in the Eisenhower and Reagan administrations and demonstrates how both presidents were capable of learning and consequently changing their policies, sometimes dramatically, but at the same time doing so in characteristically different ways. Kowert points to the need for leaders to organize their staff in a way that fits their learning and leadership style and allows them to negotiate a path between groupthink and deadlock."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-256) and index. |
| Series: | SUNY series in the presidency.
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