Abstract
THE MANAGER’S DILEMMA LEAVES US feeling trapped, with unwanted options on all sides. The trade-offs inevitably create an alignment problem that reduces our capacity to think and act in ways that are consistent with our values and priorities. This fracture is one of the dilemma’s most perilous effects. Over time, the worn-out, off-course way of working ties us in knots and leaves us unsure about how to find our way back. Once inside the manager’s dilemma, the fastest way out is to follow the contradiction.
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Notes
Scott Plous, The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993).
Kingsley Davis, Human Society (New York: Macmillan, 1942).
Jesse Sostrin, Beyond the Job Description: How Managers and Employees Can Navigate the True Demands of the Job (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
Jesse Sostrin, Re-Making Communication at Work (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
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Sostrin, J. (2015). Follow The Contradiction. In: The Manager’s Dilemma. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137485809_4
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