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Chris Argyris Biography
Born on July 16, 1923 in the United States
of America, Chris Argyris is considered as one of the biggest worldwide
authorities in the field of organizational behavior. He was the pioneer
of the learning organizations’ concept, later made popular by Peter
Senge, such concept that describes an organization in constant learning.
In his first jobs, Chris Argyris explored
the impact of organizational structures and the management and control
systems of the individuals in the performance and operation of the
organization self. Later he begins to dedicate to the organizational
change study, specially the behavior study of managers inside the
organizations. Recently, Argyris has guided his jobs for the study of
learning either of the individuals; either of the organization and which
way the human reason is the basis for the action.
Translated from Portuguese
by Susana Saraiva, Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese translation
specialist. Contact: spams@sapo.pt.
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