This book offers an assessment of Pondy's contribution, through critical reflection on what happened to the relationship between conflict theory and 'beyond open systems'.

David M. Boje is Professor Emeritus in Management at New Mexico State University, and Professor at Aalborg University Business School, Denmark.

Rohny Saylors is Assistant Professor in entrepreneurship at Washington State University.

FOREWORD: LOUIS RALPH PONDY'S "TEAR" IN MANAGEMENT THOUGHT

PREFACE: PONDY'S JOURNEY FROM "BOUNDED RATIONALITY" TOWARDS "ENTHINKMENT AND EXISTENTIALISM"

PART I - LOUIS RALPH PONDY'S MANAGEMENT THOUGHT 1966-1976

CHAPTER 1 LOUIS RALPH PONDY (1938-1987), A LATE MEMORIAL ADDRESS: GOING BEYOND BOUNDED RATIONALISMS

CHAPTER 2 1967, ASQ PUBLISHES THE WRONG PONDY CONFLICT MODEL, SOUNDLY REJECTED BY PONDY 1966

PART II - PONDY'S MANAGEMENT THOUGHT 1976-1980

CHAPTER 3 1976, BEYOND OPEN SYSTEMS THEORY

CHAPTER 4, 1977, THE SOUND OF THE OTHER HAND CLAPPING

CHAPTER 5 1977, PONDY'S LITTLE WOW MOMENT OF MENTORING CHANGED MY LIFE

CHAPTER 6 1978, LEADERSHIP AS A LANGUAGE GAME

CHAPTER 7 1980, BRINGING MIND BACK INTO MANAGEMENT THOUGHT

PART III- PONDY'S MANAGEMENT THOUGHT 1980-1986

CHAPTER 8 1983, UNION OF RATIONALITY AND INTUITION: AN EXISTENTIAL TURN

CHAPTER 9 PONDY AND HUFF'S 1986 PROCESS OF EMERGENT POLICY REFRAMING

CHAPTER 10 PONDY'S 1986 REFLECTIONS ON CONFLICT

CHAPTER 11 1987, SYMBOLS AND MYTHS IN MANAGEMENT THOUGHT

CHAPTER 12 EPILOGUE: WHAT IS PONDY'S CONTRIBUTION TO MANAGEMENT THOUGHT? ENTHINKMENT!

PART IV - AFTER PONDY: ON THE ROAD TO EXISTENTIALISM

CHAPTER 13 IMPLICATIONS OF ENTHINKMENT TO CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT THOUGHT

CHAPTER 14: BEYOND QUANTUM STORYTELLING LIMITS OF ENTHINKMENT AND ENACTMENT DUALITY

CHAPTER 15: FULL CIRCLE FROM RATIONALISM TO EXISTENTIALISM

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