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Contents
  1. Copyright information

  2. Introduction

  3. Other Books by Brad C. Anderson

  4. Educators Interested in Teaching Organizational & Managerial Wisdom

  5. Comprehensive audio recordings
  6. Chapter 1: An introduction to wisdom
    1. Wisdom

    2. What is wisdom?

    3. Can we teach wisdom?

    4. Let's start our journey

  7. Chapter 2: Organizational and managerial wisdom
    1. Organizational and managerial wisdom

    2. What is an organization?

    3. Individual aspects of wisdom

    4. Group aspects of wisdom

    5. Organizational aspects of wisdom

    6. Strategic aspects of wisdom

    7. All this sounds great, but how do we achieve it?

  8. Chapter 3: Critical realism -- A framework to understand organizations
    1. Critical Realism

    2. So, what is critical realism?

    3. The real domain

    4. The actual domain

    5. The empirical domain

    6. How does critical realism help us understand organizations?

    7. What does this have to do with organizational wisdom?

    8. What's next?

  9. Chapter 4: Values
    1. Values

    2. What are values?

    3. Why do we avoid discussing values?

    4. Framework 1: Public sector values

    5. Framework 2: Political values

    6. Why do we have so many values?

    7. The ways values interact

    8. Values guide wise action

  10. Chapter 5: Rationality
    1. Rationality

    2. What is Rationality?

    3. Forms of rationality

    4. Disembedded rationality

    5. Embedded rationality

    6. Embodied rationality

    7. Collective rationality

    8. Practical reason

    9. How do we blend rationalities?

    10. Knowledge is required but insufficient for wise action

    11. Where to now?

  11. Chapter 6: Power
    1. Power

    2. Dimensions of power

    3. Faces and sites of power

    4. How do people and groups exercise power?

    5. How will you view power?

    6. Wisdom is action-oriented

  12. Chapter 7: Values and power
    1. Values and Power

    2. Values as social structures

    3. Values and power as social structures

    4. Acting to overcome constraining structures

    5. The relationship between values and power

  13. Chapter 8: Rationality and power
    1. Rationality and power

    2. Rationality as social structures

    3. The relation between rationality and power

    4. Acting to overcome constraining structures

    5. Rationality and power as social structures

  14. Chapter 9: Values, rationality, and power -- Personal considerations
    1. Values, Rationality and Power – Personal Considerations

    2. Using Values and Rationality to Solve Complex Problems

    3. Building Supportive Alliances

    4. Using Rationality to Create Allies: Producing Power Relations

    5. Resistance and Conflict

    6. When Resistance Turns Into a Fight

    7. Finding Champions to Help

    8. Where to next?

  15. Chapter 10: Values, rationality, and power -- Organizational considerations
    1. Values, Rationality, and Power – Organizational Considerations

    2. Incorporating Values in Recruitment Processes

    3. Building Teams Capable of Wise Action

    4. Creating an Organization That Can Tackle The Unknown

    5. Actions and Attitudes That Enhance Collective Reasoning

    6. Appreciative Inquiry Approaches to Facing "Wicked Problems"

    7. A Willingness to Experiment

    8. Creating Structures That Facilitate Organizational Wisdom

    9. Develop Bureaucratic, Institutional and Contextual (Cultural) Rationality About Your Operating Environment

    10. The Path Forward

  16. Chapter 11: Tools to develop your wisdom
    1. Tools to Develop Your Wisdom

    2. The Challenges of Developing Wisdom

    3. Wisdom Starts with Your Mindset

    4. Getting the Best Out of Your Experience

    5. Mentoring

    6. Reflection Journaling

    7. Developing Social and Emotional Intelligence 

    8. Moving forward

  17. Chapter 12: Finding the courage to act
    1. Finding the Courage to Act

    2. What is Courage

    3. Structures Constraining Our Ability to Act Per Our Values

    4. Structures Enabling Our Ability to Act Per Our Values

    5. If You Remember One Thing, Remember This

  18. Appendix 1: The Seniors Program
    1. The Seniors Program: A case study

    2. What was the Seniors Program?

    3. Organizational structure of the Seniors Program

    4. Timelines of the Seniors Program

    5. As an aside, how do you delay frailty?

  19. Further Reading

  20. About the Author

Developing Organizational and Managerial Wisdom – 2nd Edition (Audio plus text version)

Chapter 8: Rationality and power

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