The Handbook of Large Group Methods: Creating Systemic Change in Organizations And Communities - Couverture rigide

Bunker, Barbara Benedict; Alban, Billie T.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0787981435 ISBN 13 : 9780787981433

Editeur : Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 2006

Synopsis

Large Group Interventions are methods used to gather a whole system together to discuss and take action on the target agenda. That agenda varies from future plans, products, and services, to redesigning work, to discussion of troubling issues and problems. The Handbook of Large Group Methods takes the next step in demonstrating through a series of cases how Large Group Methods are currently being used to address twenty-first-century challenges in organizations and communities today, including: * Working with widely dispersed organizations, and the problem of involvement and participation * Working with organizations facing a serious business crisis * Working with organizations in polarized and politicized environments * Working in community settings with diverse interest groups * Working at the global level and adapting these methods for cross-cultural use * Embedding and sustaining new patterns of working together in organizations and communities

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Praise for The Handbook of Large Group Methods

"There is nothing more important in a complex, global interdependent world than to have some road maps and driving instructions on how to manage change in large systems. Bunker and Alban have provided the essential concepts of Large Group Methods, case examples, and, most important, prescriptions for how to manage large systems change successfully. This is a must–read for all enterprise managers."
Edgar H. Schein, Sloan Fellows Professor of Management–Emeritus, MIT Sloan School of Management

"This book offers an exceptional look at large group process, brought to life by powerful stories from real organizations and communities. There′s no better way to understand the methodology and its potential. This extraordinary collection of stories demonstrates the power of large group processes in a variety of organizational settings. I can′t imagine a better way to understand the methodology and its potential to impact organizations of all kinds."
June Delano, senior practice leader, The Monitor Group

"Using these methods and involving large groups of employees Working Together has been central to American′s Turnaround Plan during these challenging times in the airline industry."
Jeff Brundage, senior vice president, Global Human Resources, American Airlines

Biographie de l'auteur

Barbara Benedict Bunker is emeritus professor of psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has taught in executive development programs at Columbia, Pepperdine, and the Harvard University School of Education and has held Fulbright Lectureships in the business schools of Keio University and Kobe University in Japan.

Billie T. Alban is president of Alban and Williams, Ltd., and an internationally known management consultant whose clients include British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Exxon, and Kraft/General Foods. She teaches in executive development programs at Columbia, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Pepperdine and has served on the board of the Organization Development Network.
Bunker and Alban are coauthors of Large Group Interventions from Jossey–Bass.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0787981435
• ISBN 13: 9780787981433
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 480