Transforming Work, Second Edition

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John D. Adams
Cosimo, Inc., 1. 11. 2005 - Počet stran: 352
Transforming Work was the first book to explore the concept of transformational change, its principles, dynamics, and technologies. In 1982, many organizational consultants began using the concept of "transformation" because they found it more descriptive of their work than the concept of "development." Changes in organizational life and processes had become more complex, and the outcomes less certain, than the traditional practice of "Organizational Development" could address. This Second Edition of Transforming Work contains the original collection of 17 chapters from these pioneering consultants, plus their updated reflections on their work at the turn of the century. John D. Adams, Ph.D. is a professor, speaker, author, consultant, and seminar leader. He has been at the forefront of the Organization Development and Transformation profession for over 35 years. His early articulation of issues facing organizations has provided a guiding light for the evolution of organization and change management consulting. Adams currently serves as the Chair of the Organizational Systems Ph.D. Program at the Saybrook Graduate School (San Francisco), and is a guest faculty member at The Bainbridge Island Graduate Institute in the MBA in Sustainability program. He also served as editor for two seminal works, Transforming Work and Transforming Leadership, both widely held as defining a new role for the Organization Development profession in a rapidly transforming world.

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Introduction Second Edition
1
THE REALM
7
Process Wisdom for a New Age
26
A Cultural Approach
47
Managing the Complexity
71
Metanoic Organizations
87
LEADERSHIP IN TRANSFORMING ORGANIZATIONS
107
A New View
130
A New Paradigm for Developing Organizations
199
Myth Transformation and the Change Agent
216
Achieving and Maintaining Personal Peak Performance
227
Fasttracking the Transformation of Organizations
282
A Model
294
A Formula for Corporate Fitness
309
Glossary
323
References
329

Spirituality in the Workplace
160

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