{"product_id":"destructive-goal-pursuit-the-mt-everest-disaster-9780230003323","title":"Destructive Goal Pursuit: The Mt. Everest Disaster","description":"Leaders extol the value of pursuing challenging goals, but evidence suggests that this leads to disaster as often as success. Drawing upon real-life stories, including the Mount Everest Climbing Disaster, the author shows how destructive goal pursuit can cause the breakdown of learning in teams and calls for rethinking the role of the leader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. Kayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230003323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eD. CHRISTOPHER KAYES is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at George Washington University, USA. His research includes 35 papers and numerous consulting engagements around the world. He has won several awards, including best paper in 2004 in the journal \u003cem\u003eHuman Relations\u003c\/em\u003e for \u003cem\u003eThe 1996 Mt. Everest Climbing Disaster: The Breakdown of Learning in Teams\u003c\/em\u003e. His paper \u003cem\u003eExperiential Learning and Its Critics: Preserving the Role of Experience in Management Learning and Education\u003c\/em\u003e was one of three best papers for 2002-2003 in the Academy of Management Learning and Education, nominated alongside Henry Mintzberg and Jeffery Pfeiffer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40143907815539,"sku":"9.78023E+12","price":82.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6b5913df-308d-4854-aa18-d0b43a57ead5.jpg?v=1654608389","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/destructive-goal-pursuit-the-mt-everest-disaster-9780230003323","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}