Oxford University Press

Leadership, Culture, Organizational DesignChris Argyris explores why it is that the same conflicts are experienced in        organizations, yet the issues are often never addressed and ignored. He shows how        our behavior creates these 'organizational traps', and that while much writing on        management also shows this, it doesn't focus on...

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American Public Opinion, and the War against Nazi GermanyAmerica&'s struggle against Nazism is one of the few aspects of World War II that has escaped controversy. Historians agree that it was a widely popular war, different from the subsequent conflicts in Korea and Vietnam because of the absence of partisan sniping, ebbing...

For years, Paula and her father have dreamed and talked about trying to find the lost city of Atahualpa. And now, without warning, Paula is taken out of school and finds her dream come true. Together with her parents and Finn, the photographer, she travels to South America to begin the journey. But as they descend towards the jungle, Paula senses...

The Culture of Building describes how the built world, including the vast number of buildings that are the settings for people's everyday lives, is the product of building cultures--complex systems of people, relationships, building types, techniques, and habits in which design and building are anchored. These cultures include builders,...

A major figure in eighteenth-century Christianity, John Wesley sought to combine        the essential elements of the Catholic and Evangelical traditions and to restore to        the laity a vital role in church life. He began one of the most dynamic movements in        the history of modern Protestantism, a movement which eventually produced...

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