Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction : Understanding, applying, and developing organizational and managerial wisdom / Eric H. Kessler and James R. Bailey -- Individual logic : wisdom in organizations : a balance theory analysis / Jennifer Jordan and Robert J. Sternberg -- Interpersonal logic : team wisdom : definition, dynamics, and applications / Tjai M. Nielsen, Amy C. Edmondson, and Eric Sundstrom -- Organizational logic : institutionalizing wisdom in organizations / Paul R. Lawrence -- Strategic logic : toward a wisdom-based approach to strategic management / Paul E. Bierly III and Robert W. Kolodinsky -- Individual ethics : the virtue of prudence / Jean M. Bartunek and Jordi Trullen -- Interpersonal ethics : the wise negotiator / Roy J. Lewicki -- Organizational ethics : acting wisely while facing ethical dilemmas in leadership / Jay Conger and Robert Hooijberg -- Strategic ethics : strategy, wisdom, and stakeholder theory : a pragmatic and entrepreneurial view of stakeholder strategy / R. Edward Freeman, Laura Dunham, and John McVea -- Individual aesthetics : self-interest / Russell Cropanzano, Jordan Stein, and Barry M. Goldman -- Interpersonal aesthetics : emotional and social intelligence competencies are wisdom in practice / Richard E. Boyatzis -- Organizational aesthetics : aesthetics and wisdom in the practice of organizational development / W. Warner Burke -- Strategic aesthetics : wisdom and human resource management / Angelo S. DeNisi and Carrie A. Belsito -- Individual epistemology : interpretive wisdom / Dennis A. Gioia -- Interpersonal epistemology : wisdom, culture, and organizations / P. Christopher Earley and Lynn R. Offermann -- Organizational epistemology : interpersonal relations in organizations and the emergence of wisdom / Peter B. Vaill -- Strategic epistemology : innovation and organizational wisdom / Arnoud De Meyer -- Individual metaphysics : the getting of wisdom : self-conduct, personal identity, and wisdom across the life span / Nigel Nicholson -- Interpersonal metaphysics : "we live in a political world" : the paradox of managerial wisdom / Tyrone S. Pitsis and Stewart R. Clegg -- Organizational metaphysics : global wisdom and the audacity of hope / Nancy J. Adler -- Strategic metaphysics : can wisdom be taught? / Cynthia V. Fukami -- Wisdom : objectivism as the proper philosophy for living on Earth / Edwin A. Locke -- Wisdom as learned ignorance : integrating East-West perspectives / Robert Chia and Robin Holt.