This section provides links to a selection of my writing and a few additional professional reference materials written by others, grouped into several categories. A (c) after an entry indicates that it is cross-listed in two or more categories for convenience. Links followed by an asterisk are not operational at this time. Some entries are notes or still unfinished works in progress, included in the hope that they will be of some value to you and/or to invite feedback. I'll appreciate an email with your comments and suggestions.

• Action Science, Communications, & Conflict Management:
• Action Science
• Assertiveness Training
• Introduction to Conflict Management (c)
• Constructive Management of Conflict in Groups
• Third-Party Interventions in Conflict Management
• Discussing the Undiscussible
• Effective Feedback
• Elements of Reliable Communication
• Framing in Communications and Leadership
• Improving Interpersonal Communications
• Ladder of Inference Model
• Visualization


• Decision Making & Creativity
• Basic Decision Making Model
• Framing a Decision
• Goals & Interests
• Group Decision Making (c)
• Ethical Considerations in Decision Making (c)
• Implementation (c)
• Paradigms (c)
• Strategic and Critical Thinking (c)
• What We Can Learn From Archimedes (breakthrough thinking)


• Education
• Complementary Benefits of Cases and Simulations
• Goals of a Liberal Education
• Annotated List of A Few Important Books


• Ethics & Values
• Ethical Considerations in Decision Making (c)
• The Insufficiency of Honesty
• Politics With Integrity (c)
• Executives' Dilemma and the Problem of Voice (c)
• Where Was Enron's Board? (c)
• Is It Always Right to Be Right? - Society 1971
• Is It Always Right to Be Right? - Organizations 2001
• Is It Always Right to Be Right? - Politics 2018


• Groups
• Group Decision Making (c)
• Team Building (c)
• Team Building (Alignment) (c)


• Leadership & Power
• Some Thoughts on Leadership
• Why Good Leaders Can't Use Good Advice
• Executives' Dilemma and the Problem of Voice (c)
• Where Was Enron's Board? (c)
• Fundamental Concepts About Power
• Some Thoughts About Power
• Organizational Politics
• Comparison of Two Leaders (Ford & Sloan)
• Notes from Berle's Book on Power
• Notes from Clausewitz's Book re Leadership and Strategy


• Organization Development (OD)
• My Model of What Goes Wrong in Organizations
• Model of the Organization Development Process
• Some Major OD Interventions
• Introduction to Conflict Management (c)
• Constructive Management of Conflict in Groups
• Team Building (c)
• Team Building (Alignment) (c)


• Strategic Management
• Strategic and Critical Thinking (c)
• Strategic Management Process
• Formulating Strategy
• Implementation (c)
• Strategy Illusions *
• Paradigms (c)


• Miscellaneous
• How Can We Have Good Facts About News and Current Events?
• Politics With Integrity (c)
• A Few Thoughts on Life and Death
• Some Information & Resources for Dealing With Traumas (9/11/2001)
• Avoiding Common Writing Problems

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