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A collection of thought-provoking essays on management and leadership that propose radical new ways of thinking about what managers do and what organizations are.

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CHOICE Review

In this highly provocative book, Vaill challenges the trend toward quantification and overstructuring so prevalent in management. The author stresses deeper understanding of organizational dynamics and advances questions that cannot be answered by consulting printouts or organizational charts, or by following a particular management system. He does not attempt to overthrow present management thought, but to question and modify it, to press for deeper insights into the forces behind this thought. His references are few in number but do much to bolster his arguments. Many managers and advanced business students will have difficulty exploring Vaill's challenges without prejudice, but those who succeed will be much richer not only as managers, but as citizens of the highly dynamic and, at times, chaotic organizational world of today. His arguments are advanced clearly and logically. The stress on values and ethics pervades the book and provides an excellent basis for discussion. Upper-division and graduate collections. -F. A. Grohsmeyer, Indiana University East

Booklist Review

Vaill is a professor of human systems at George Washington University and recently completed a tenure as editor of the quarterly Organizational Dynamics. In this book he avoids the prescriptive approach of most of today's management literature, concentrating on ideas instead of rules and guidelines and questioning many current management practices. Interwoven throughout are his two basic themes: management is fluid, dynamic, and complex--an art in the classic sense--and the only organizational constant is that of change. Vaill draws heavily upon academic research, but his highly personal style addresses the reader directly. This is a thoughtful work appropriate for larger management collections. References; to be indexed. --David Rouse