In this ground-breaking work, two pioneering thinkers in business studies pinpoint the profound changes that must occur in the way business executives think, make decisions, and solve problems, if America is to remain competitive in this age of information.

"Must reading."--Victor Leo, Ford Executive Development Center "An important book."--Neil Postman, New York University "Mitroff and Linstone once again come at us like warriors. They know we continually rely on old habits of thought and that we are generating the very complexity we dread. Must reading for purposeful business leaders who want inquire into and systemic approach to dissolve the "mess."--Victor Leo, Ford Executive Development Center "Mitroff and Linstone...argue, convincingly, that we cannot solve today's problems using outmoded models of thinking."--Booklist "A rigorous...study of the thought processes that govern business decision-making."--Kirkus Reviews "A mind-stretching experience. It rises above particular disciplines to bring to bear a rounded approach to the management of technologies. It is refreshingly free from conventional thinking and conventional language. It is, in short, unbounded."--Daniel Schorr, Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio "Most of us barely have time to think. Mitroff and Linstone actually think about thinking, and provoke us to do the same."--Robert B. Reich, Harvard University "The Unbounded Mind is an important book. Its authors are learned men whose capacities for creative and analytic thinking are demonstrations of the kind of thinking their book urges us to learn. Their book is a guide to how our minds can effectively manage the future."--Neil Postman, New York University "A book that reaches widely, indeed globally. It is very innovative and provocative."--Amitai Etzioni, The George Washington University "Because of its substantive content and innovative unbounded thinking model, this work is highly recommended to graduate business students, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and to general readers with an analytical and philosophical orientation."--Choice "It is a concise book on the fascinating subject of decision making in a world that is becoming more complex day by day. It is written by two renowned scholars....I think everybody will find the book a pleasure to read, as the authors offer valuable insights into the current state of affairs and masterfully propose the future course of action. The authors ask and answer very pertinent questions regarding our "thinking process" in this book....[The authors exhibit] an eloquent and effective writing style....Having extensive, first-hand experience with the curricula of business schools, the authors suggest that in order to compete in the present world, the most essential requirement is to break the chains of traditional business thinking. Thus the rationale for the book is the inablility of old ideas to meetn the challenges of our age that makes new thinking more critical than ever."--Prof. Nawaz Sharif, Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Ian I. Mitroff is Harold Quinton Distinguished Professor of Business Policy and Director, USC Center for Crisis Management, Graduate School of Business, at the University of Southern California. Harold A. Linstone is University Professor Emeritus of Systems Science at Portland State University, and editor-in-chief of the journal Technological Forecasting and Social Change.