Beyond Bureaucracy: Essays on the Development and Evolution of Human Organization (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series) [Paperback]

Warren Bennis (Author)

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Publication Date: March 31, 1993 | Series: Jossey Bass Business and Management Series

For over two decades, Beyond Bureaucracy has helped both modern academic thought and current management practice with its far-reaching examination of the causes and consequences of change in organizations and leadership. From a powerful behavioral science perspective, this classic collection of essays examines the strategic, methodological, and conceptual issues central to changing organizations.

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"The volume as a whole provides a broad orientation to Bennis's thinking about organizations and the phenomena of organizational change.... An articulate presentation of the philosophy, experience, and accumulated wisdom of an exceptionally able teacher and practitioner."

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For over two decades, Beyond Bureaucracy has helped both modern academic thought and current management practice with its far-reaching examination of the causes and consequences of change in organizations and leadership. From a powerful behavioral science perspective, this classic collection of essays examines the strategic, methodological, and conceptual issues central to changing organizations.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (March 31, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555425224
• ISBN-13: 978-1555425227
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,438,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Warren Bennis (Los Angeles, CA), born in 1925, is an American scholar, organizational consultant and author, who is widely regarded as the pioneer of the contemporary field of leadership. He is University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the University of Southern California. In the past decade, he served as chairman of the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, working with David Gergen.
Bennis has consulted for many Fortune 500 companies and served as adviser to four U.S. presidents. He has served on the faculty of MIT's Sloan School of Management and was Chairman of the Organizational Studies Department. He is a former faculty member of Boston University, former Provost and Executive Vice President of State University of New York at Buffalo and President of the University of Cincinnati. His global experience includes teaching at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, INSEAD, the London Business School, and IMEDE (now IMD). In 2007, Business Week called him one of ten business school professors who have had the greatest influence on business thinking. He has received 20 honorary degrees and has served on numerous boards of advisors.
Bennis has written or edited 30 books, which have been translated into 21 languages, and many articles on three of his passions-leadership, organizational change, and creative collaboration. The Financial Times recently named Leaders as one of the top 50 business books of all time.
Bennis is proud of the four years he served in the U.S. Army, 1943-1947. At the age of 19 he was one of the youngest infantry commanders in Germany and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. His dream remains: to write a terrific one-act play.