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Articles and books

"Transforming Social Practice:  An Action Science Perspective." Management Learning, Vol. 30, No. 2, June 1999, pp. 177-187.

"Climbing Out of the Muck: How Self-Reflecting Teams Can Help You Break Out of Recurring Patterns," with Philip McArthur and Diana McLain Smith. The Dance of Change. New York: Doubleday,  1999.

"Creating Reflective Dialogue."  Stephen Toulmin and Bjørn Gustavsen, Eds.  Beyond Theory:  Changing Organizations Through Participation.  Amsterdam:  John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1996.

"A Biography of Chris Argyris."  Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 31, No. 3, September 1995, pp. 253-255.

"Risks and opportunities with ‘the left-hand column,’" pp 250-252, and "Conversational Recipes," pp. 260-262.  Peter Senge, Charlotte Roberts, Richard Ross, Bryan Smith, and Art Kleiner.  The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook.  New York:  Doubleday, 1994.

"Unlocking Organizational Routines that Prevent Learning."  The Systems Thinker, Vol. 4, No. 6, August 1993.  Pegasus Communications.

Review of The Power of Balance:  Transforming Self, Society, and Scientific Inquiry, by William Torbert.  Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 38, No. 1, March 1993, pp. 146-149.

"Recipes and Reflective Learning:  What Would Prevent You From Saying It That Way?"  Donald A. Schön, Ed., The Reflective Turn:  Case Studies In and On Educational Practice.  Teachers College Press, 1991.

Putting Concepts To Use:  Reeducating Professionals for Organizational Learning.  Doctoral thesis, Harvard University.  1990.

Action Science:  Concepts, Methods, and Skills for Research and Intervention.  With Chris Argyris and Diana McLain Smith.  Jossey-Bass, 1985.

"Feeding back results that may be threatening."  With Chris Argyris, in his book, Strategy, Change, and Defensive Routines.  Pitman, 1985.

"Toward an action science:  Themes in the philosophy of science and their relation to practical knowledge."  Qualifying Paper submitted to Harvard Graduate School of Education.  1984.
 

Video

•    "Cultivating Self-Reflecting Teams."  With Philip McArthur and Diana McLain Smith.  Pegasus Communications (781-398-9700).  1997.

•     "Reflective Conversation:  Art and Possibility."  Pegasus Communications (781-398-9700).  1996.

See also :

biography of Robert Putnam

 

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