Rahim, M. Afzalur (2015). Managing Conflict in Organizations (4 ed.). Transaction Publishers. p. 12. ISBN9781412844253. https://books.google.com/books?id=qauUlGypkhEC2016年6月9日閲覧. "De Bono's approach to total elimination of conflict is no different from the approaches of the classicists. This approach to dealing with conflict is completely out of tune with modern thinking and, therefore, unsatisfactory."