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# Books by Dr. Ichak Adizes

- [The Ideal Executive: Why You Cannot Be One and What To Do About It](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive.md)
- [Introduction](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/introduction.md): A well-managed organization must be effective and efficient in the short and the long run, and the role of management is to make that happen.
- [Organization of the book](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/introduction/organization-of-the-book.md)
- [1. Barking Up The Wrong Tree](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/1.-barking-up-the-wrong-tree.md)
- [A Corporate Fairy Tale (The Outdated Paradigm)](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/1.-barking-up-the-wrong-tree/a-corporate-fairy-tale-the-outdated-paradigm.md)
- [What is "Management"?](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/1.-barking-up-the-wrong-tree/what-is-management.md)
- [The Fallacy](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/1.-barking-up-the-wrong-tree/the-fallacy.md)
- [2. The Functionalist View](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/2.-the-functionalist-view.md)
- [The Tasks of Management](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/2.-the-functionalist-view/the-tasks-of-management.md)
- [The (PAEI) Code](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/2.-the-functionalist-view/the-paei-code.md)
- [The (P)roducer – (Paei) style](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/2.-the-functionalist-view/the-p-roducer-paei-style.md)
- [The (A)dministrator - (pAei) style](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/2.-the-functionalist-view/the-a-dministrator-paei-style.md)
- [The (E)ntrepreneur – (PaEi) style](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/2.-the-functionalist-view/the-e-ntrepreneur-paei.md)
- [The Integrator – (paeI) style](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/2.-the-functionalist-view/the-integrator-paei-style.md)
- [Summing up the Functionalist View](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/2.-the-functionalist-view/summing-up-the-functionalist-view.md)
- [3. What Causes Mismanagement?](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/3.--what-causes-mismanagement.md)
- [The Myth Of The Perfect Manager](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/3.--what-causes-mismanagement/the-myth-of-the-perfect-manager.md)
- [(PAEI) Incompatibilities](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/3.--what-causes-mismanagement/p-and-a-incompatibility.md)
- [The impossible dream](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/3.--what-causes-mismanagement/the-impossible-dream.md)
- [4. Mismanagement Styles](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/4.--mismanagement-styles.md)
- [Confronting the Inevitable](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/4.--mismanagement-styles/confronting-the-inevitable.md)
- [The Lone Ranger (P---)](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/4.--mismanagement-styles/the-lone-ranger-p.md)
- [The Bureaucrat (-A--)](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/4.--mismanagement-styles/the-bureaucrat-a.md)
- [The Arsonist (--E-)](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/4.--mismanagement-styles/the-arsonist-e.md)
- [The SuperFollower (---I)](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/4.--mismanagement-styles/the-superfollower----i.md)
- [The Common Denominator](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/4.--mismanagement-styles/the-common-denominator.md)
- [5. Working Together](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/5.--working-together.md)
- [A complementary team](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/5.--working-together/a-complementary-team.md)
- [The Bad News](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/5.--working-together/the-bad-news.md)
- [6. Can We Talk?](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/6.--can-we-talk.md)
- [A Window on Managerial Styles](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/6.--can-we-talk/a-window-on-managerial-styles.md)
- [The Inevitability of Miscommunication](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/6.--can-we-talk/the-inevitability-of-miscommunication.md)
- [Translator Needed](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/6.--can-we-talk/translator-needed.md)
- [7. Constructive Conflict](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/7.--constructive-conflict.md)
- [Good Conflict, Bad Conflict](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/7.--constructive-conflict/good-conflict-bad-conflict.md)
- [Honoring Diversity](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/7.--constructive-conflict/honoring-diversity.md)
- [Back to the Paradigm](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/7.--constructive-conflict/back-to-the-paradigm.md)
- [8. Structuring Responsibilities Right](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/8.--structuring-responsibilities-right.md)
- [Organizational Ecology](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/8.--structuring-responsibilities-right/organizational-ecology.md)
- [Why Structure Matters](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/8.--structuring-responsibilities-right/why-structure-matters.md)
- [Structuring for Accountability](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/8.--structuring-responsibilities-right/structuring-for-accountability.md)
- [Back to the Functionalist View](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/8.--structuring-responsibilities-right/back-to-the-functionalist-view.md)
- [A template for Good Structure](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/8.--structuring-responsibilities-right/structure-for-young-companies.md)
- [9. Matching Style to Task](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/9.--matching-style-to-task.md)
- [Diagnosing a Type](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/9.--matching-style-to-task/diagnosing-a-type.md)
- [Coding Jobs: A Basic Template](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/9.--matching-style-to-task/coding-jobs-a-basic-template.md)
- [The Complementary Team Jigsaw Puzzle](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/9.--matching-style-to-task/the-complementary-team-jigsaw-puzzle.md)
- [10. The Right Process: the Dialogue](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/10.--the-right-process-the-dialogue.md)
- [The Managerial Tower of Babel](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/10.--the-right-process-the-dialogue/the-managerial-tower-of-babel.md)
- [Dealing with a (P) – A (P)roducer or Lone Ranger](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/10.--the-right-process-the-dialogue/dealing-with-a-p-a-p-roducer-or-lone-ranger.md)
- [Dealing With an (A) – An (A)dministrator or Bureaucrat](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/10.--the-right-process-the-dialogue/dealing-with-an-a-an-a-dministrator-or-bureaucrat.md)
- [Dealing With an (E) – An (E)ntrepreneur or Arsonist](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/10.--the-right-process-the-dialogue/dealing-with-an-e-an-e-ntrepreneur-or-arsonist.md)
- [Dealing With an (I) - an (I)ntegrator or Superfollower](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/10.--the-right-process-the-dialogue/dealing-with-an-i-an-i-ntegrator-or-superfollower.md)
- [Keeping Your Styles Straight: A Cautionary Tale](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/10.--the-right-process-the-dialogue/keeping-your-styles-straight-a-cautionary-tale.md)
- [11. Converting Management by Committee into Teamwork](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/11.--converting-management-by-committee-into-teamwork.md)
- [The Communication Blues](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/11.--converting-management-by-committee-into-teamwork/the-communication-blues.md)
- [Questions, Doubts, and Disagreements](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/11.--converting-management-by-committee-into-teamwork/questions-doubts-and-disagreements.md)
- [12. The Right People and Shared Vision and Values](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/12.--the-right-people-and-shared-vision-and-values.md)
- [The Role of Leadership](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/12.--the-right-people-and-shared-vision-and-values/the-role-of-leadership.md)
- [Sharing Vision and Values](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/12.--the-right-people-and-shared-vision-and-values/sharing-vision-and-values.md)
- [The Visioning Process](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/12.--the-right-people-and-shared-vision-and-values/the-visioning-process.md)
- [13. Nurturing the Wrong Tree?](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/13.--nurturing-the-wrong-tree.md)
- [The Wrong Tree](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/13.--nurturing-the-wrong-tree/the-wrong-tree.md)
- [Traditional management Squashes Potential](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/13.--nurturing-the-wrong-tree/mismanagement-breeds-mismanagement.md)
- [The Management Training Gap](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/13.--nurturing-the-wrong-tree/the-management-training-gap.md)
- [14. The Mission of Management and Leadership Education](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/14.--the-mission-of-management-and-leadership-education.md)
- [Decision-Making Programmability](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/14.--the-mission-of-management-and-leadership-education/decision-making-programmability.md)
- [The Effectiveness of Training](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/14.--the-mission-of-management-and-leadership-education/the-effectiveness-of-training.md)
- [Delegation and Decentralization](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/14.--the-mission-of-management-and-leadership-education/delegation-and-decentralization.md)
- [What Organizations Can Do Themselves](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/14.--the-mission-of-management-and-leadership-education/what-organizations-can-do-themselves.md)
- [The Dark Side of Formal Education](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/the-ideal-executive/14.--the-mission-of-management-and-leadership-education/the-dark-side-of-formal-education.md)
- [Mastering Change: Introduction to Organizational Therapy](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy.md)
- [Acknowledgments](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/acknowledgments.md)
- [Introduction to the new edition](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/introduction-to-the-new-edition.md)
- [Management, Executives, Leadership…](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/management-executives-leadership.md)
- [Conversation 1: Change and Its Repercussions](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-1.md)
- [Conversation 2: On Parenting, Management, or Leadership](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-2.md)
- [Conversation 3: Predicting the Quality of Decisions](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-3.md)
- [Conversation 4: Efficiency and Effectiveness](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-4.md)
- [Conversation 5: The Incompatibility of Roles](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-5.md)
- [Conversation 6: Management, Leadership, and Mismanagement Styles](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-6.md)
- [Conversation 7: What to Do About Change](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-7.md)
- [Conversation 8: Responsibility, Authority, Power, and Influence](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-8.md)
- [Conversation 9: Predicting the Efficiency of Implementing Decisions](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-9.md)
- [Conversation 10: What Makes the Wheels Turn](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-10.md)
- [Conversation 11: How to Communicate with People](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-11.md)
- [Conversation 12: Perceiving Reality](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-12.md)
- [Conversation 13: Quality of People](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-13.md)
- [Conversation 14: How to Convert Committee Work into Teamwork](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-14.md)
- [Conversation 15: The Adizes Program for Organizational Transformation](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/mastering-change-introduction-to-organizational-therapy/conversation-15.md)
- [Managing Corporate Lifecycles](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles.md)
- [Introduction](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/introduction.md)
- [Chapter 1. Change and Its Repercussions](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-one.md)
- [Chapter 2. Courtship](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-two.md)
- [Chapter 3. Infancy](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-three.md)
- [Chapter 4. The Wild Years: Go-Go](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-four.md)
- [Chapter 5. The Second Birth and the Coming of Age: Adolescence](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-five.md)
- [Chapter 6: PRIME](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-six.md)
- [Chapter 7: The Signs of Aging n](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-seven.md)
- [Chapter 8: The Aging Organizations: Aristocracy](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-eight.md)
- [Chapter 9: The Final Decay: Salem City, Bureaucracy, And Death](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-nine.md)
- [Chapter 10: Tools For Analysis](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-ten.md)
- [Chapter 11: Predicting The Lifecycle: A Metaphorical Dance](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-eleven.md)
- [Chapter 12: PAEI And The Lifecycle: Stage By Stage](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-twelve.md)
- [Chapter 13: Predicting The Capability To Solve Problems](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-thirteen.md)
- [Chapter 14: The Causes Of Organizational Aging](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-fourteen.md)
- [Chapter 15: Structural Causes Of Aging](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-fifteen.md)
- [Chapter 16: Organizational Therapy](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-sixteen.md)
- [Chapter 17: Treating Organizations On The Typical Path: A Contingency Approach](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-seventeen.md)
- [Chapter 18: The Optimal Path](https://adizes-institute.gitbook.io/adizes/library/books-by-dr.-ichak-adizes/managing-corporate-lifecycles/chapter-eighteen.md)