The Abilene Paradox and Other Meditations on ManagementWhen Jerry B. Harvey first coined the phrase "Abilene Paradox? in 1974 , he set off shock waves among business people across the country. Using a common family experience, he pointed out that events often gather momentum and take on lives of their own, in spite of the fact that nobody wants to take part in them. Harvey offers insightful and often uproariously funny "meditations? on the craziness of this paradox in our daily work lives. With familiar