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Knowing vs Doing: Why Can't We Get Anything Done? (PDF)

A key challenge for today's companies - and for the individuals within them - is to build a culture of action, says Jeffrey Pfeffer. He describes some of the common obstacles that can get in the way of knowing what needs to be done, and actually doing it.

Editor's Note: this is one article of the entire Fall 2003 issue in this .pdf file - find it starting on page 12.

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Subject(s): Management, Organizational Behavior

Source(s): Rotman Magazine

Author(s): Jeffrey Pfeffer

Posted: 2006-08-21

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