“Managers who are skilled communicators may also be good at covering up real problems.”

— Chris Argyris

Chris Argyris (1986, p. 74) as cited in: Manoj S. Patankar et al. (2012) Safety Culture p. 10

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American business theorist/Professor Emeritus/Harvard Busin… 1923–2013

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