Missing Organizational Linkages

In this groundbreaking book Paul Goodman presents an innovative approach for analyzing and understanding organizations. He ask the question: How do actions among individuals and groups affect (or not affect) organizations as a whole? He challenges the view that improvement in individual or group performance necessarily links to enhanced organizational functioning. Clearly written in a conversational style the book is filled with rich examples chosen to illustrate different views of the linkage concepts within different domains and context. A significant contribution to management education the book is highly recommended for researchers graduate students organizational consultants practitioners and research libraries.