Ralph H. Kilmann Explained

Ralph Kilmann
Birth Name:	Ralph H. Kilmann
Citizenship:	American
Alma Mater:	Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon University
Occupation:	Management consultant, educator, and author
Known For:	Co-authored the Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument

Ralph Kilmann is an American management consultant, educator, and author.^{[1] [2]} He co-authored the Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, a framework for understanding conflict based on five 'modes' of conflict responses: competing, accommodating, avoiding, collaborating, and compromising.^{[3] [4]}

Bibliography

• Ralph H. Kilmann with Louis R. Pondy and Dennis P. Slevin (Eds.), The Management of Organizational Design: Volume I, Strategy and Implementation, North-Holland, New York, 1976.^[5]
• Ralph H. Kilmann with Louis R. Pondy and Dennis P. Slevin (Eds.), The Management of Organizational Design: Volume II, Research and Methodology, North-Holland, New York, 1976.
• Ralph H. Kilmann, Social Systems Design: Normative Theory and the MAPS Design Technology, North-Holland, New York, 1977.
• Ralph H. Kilmann and Ian I. Mitroff, Methodological Approaches to Social Science: Integrating Divergent Concepts and Theories, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1978.^[6]
• Ralph H. Kilmann with Kenneth W. Thomas, Dannis P. Slevin, Raghu Nath, and S. Lee Jerrell (Eds.), Producing Useful Knowledge for Organizations, Praeger, New York, 1983.^[7]
• Ralph H. Kilmann, Beyond the Quick Fix: Managing Five Tracks to Organizational Success, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1984.^[8]
• Ralph H. Kilmann with Ian I. Mitroff, Corporate Tragedies: Product Tampering, Sabotage, and Other Catastrophes, Praeger, New York, 1984.
• Ralph H. Kilmann with Mary J. Saxton, Roy Serpa, and Associates, Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1985.^{[9] [10]}
• Ralph H. Kilmann with Teresa Joyce Covin and Associates, Corporate Transformation: Revitalizing Organizations for a Competitive World, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1988.^[11]
• Ralph H. Kilmann, Managing Beyond the Quick Fix: A Completely Integrated Program for Creating and Maintaining Organizational Success, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1989.
• Ralph H. Kilmann, Escaping the Quick Fix Trap: How to Make Organizational Improvements That Really Last, Audiobook, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1989.
• Ralph H. Kilmann with Associates, Making Organizations Competitive: Enhancing Networks and Relationships Across Traditional Boundaries, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1991.
• Ralph H. Kilmann, Workbook for Implementing the Tracks: Volume I, II, and III, Kilmann Diagnostics, Newport Coast, CA, 1991.
• Ralph H. Kilmann, Logistics Manual for Implementing the Tracks: Planning and Organizing Workshop Sessions, Kilmann Diagnostics, Newport Coast, CA, 1991.
• Ralph H. Kilmann with Associates, Managing Ego Energy: The Transformation of Personal Meaning into Organizational Success, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1994.
• Ralph H. Kilmann, Quantum Organizations: A New Paradigm for Achieving Organizational Success and Personal Meaning, Davies-Black, Palo Alto, CA, 2001.
• Ralph H. Kilmann, The Courageous Mosaic: Awakening Society, Systems and Souls, Kilmann Diagnostics, Newport Coast, CA, 2013.
• Ralph H. Kilmann with Ian I. Mitroff, The Psychodynamics of Enlightened Leadership: Coping with Chaos, Springer, New York, 2021.
• Ralph H. Kilmann, Creating a Quantum Organization: The Whys & Hows of Implementing Eight Tracks for Long-Term Success, Kilmann Diagnostics, Newport Coast, CA, 2021.

References

1. Web site: Vozza . Stephanie . 2022-01-15 . Resolving these 4 inner conflicts can help you move forward . 2022-02-21 . Fast Company . en-US.
2. Web site: Lawler . Jennifer . The Real Cost of Workplace Conflict - Employee Conflict. 2022-02-21 . Entrepreneur . en.
3. Web site: Five Approaches to Dealing With Conflict . 2022-02-21 . Houston Chronicle. en-US.
4. News: 2005-02-13 . Shalom Saada Saar, "Know thyself 101," The Boston Globe, February 13, 2005, F12 . 96 . The Boston Globe . 2022-06-06.
5. Tosi . Henry L. . Kilmann . Ralph H. . Pondy . Louis R. . Slevin . Dennis . The Management of Organization Design, Volume I: Strategies and Implementation . The Academy of Management Review . April 1978 . 3 . 2 . 388 . 10.2307/257684 . 257684 . 0363-7425.
6. Hartman . John J. . Book Review: Methodological Approaches to Social Science . Philosophy of the Social Sciences . March 1983 . 13 . 1 . 115–116 . 10.1177/004839318301300116 . 149190536 . fr . 0048-3931.
7. Friedlander . Frank . Review of Producing Useful Knowledge for Organizations. . Administrative Science Quarterly . 1984 . 29 . 4 . 646–649 . 10.2307/2392951 . 2392951 . 0001-8392.
8. Beer . Michael . Beyond the quick fix, by Ralph H. Kilmann. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1984, $18.95 . Human Resource Management . 1985 . 24 . 3 . 366–369 . 10.1002/hrm.3930240311 . en.
9. Pondy . Louis R. . Gaining control of the corporate culture, By Ralph H. Kilmann, Mary J. Saxton, and Roy Serpa (Eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985, 451 pp., $27.95 . Human Resource Management . 1986 . 25 . 4 . 631–637 . 10.1002/hrm.3930250409 . en.
10. Dyer . W. Gibb . Review of Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture. . Administrative Science Quarterly . 1987 . 32 . 3 . 484–487 . 10.2307/2392931 . 2392931 . 0001-8392.
11. Review of Corporate Transformation . The Academy of Management Executive (1987-1989) . 1989 . 3 . 2 . 162–164 . 4164892 . 0896-3789.