Watkins, Jane Magruder.
Appreciative inquiry : change at the speed of imagination / [electronic resource] Jane Magruder Watkins, Bernard J. Mohr, Ralph Kelly. - 2nd ed. - San Francisco, CA : Pfeiffer, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 318 pages) : illustrations. - Practicing organization development series ; 35 . - Practicing organization development series ; 35. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and index.
The case for a new approach to change -- Appreciative inquiry : history, theory, and practice -- Appreciative inquiry as a perspective for organization change -- Choose the positive as the focus of inquiry (define) -- Inquire into stories of what gives life in the system (discover) -- Locate themes that appear in the stories (discover) -- Create shared images for a preferred future (dream) -- Innovate ways to create that preferred future (deliver) -- Valuation.
"This book shows how the Appreciative Inquiry process helps OD and HR professionals tap into inspiring "high point" accounts of personal or collective capacity. This new edition puts the focus on how AI really works and adds guidelines on how to apply AI in a variety of organizational situations and for a variety of initiatives such as coaching, leadership development, strategic planning, and teambuilding. It contains tools and other resources to help with immediate use in the workplace and new and updated case studies that show how it really works."--Provided by publisher.
9781118015100 111801510X 9781118015117 1118015118 9781118015124 1118015126 9781118256060 1118256069
CL0500000125 Safari Books Online CF03E178-624F-4F25-8ED1-280744E59D6C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Organizational change.
Appreciative inquiry.
Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Structural Adjustment.
Appreciative inquiry.
Organizational change.
Electronic books.
HD58.8 / .W388 2011eb
658.4/06 658.4063
Appreciative inquiry : change at the speed of imagination / [electronic resource] Jane Magruder Watkins, Bernard J. Mohr, Ralph Kelly. - 2nd ed. - San Francisco, CA : Pfeiffer, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 318 pages) : illustrations. - Practicing organization development series ; 35 . - Practicing organization development series ; 35. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and index.
The case for a new approach to change -- Appreciative inquiry : history, theory, and practice -- Appreciative inquiry as a perspective for organization change -- Choose the positive as the focus of inquiry (define) -- Inquire into stories of what gives life in the system (discover) -- Locate themes that appear in the stories (discover) -- Create shared images for a preferred future (dream) -- Innovate ways to create that preferred future (deliver) -- Valuation.
"This book shows how the Appreciative Inquiry process helps OD and HR professionals tap into inspiring "high point" accounts of personal or collective capacity. This new edition puts the focus on how AI really works and adds guidelines on how to apply AI in a variety of organizational situations and for a variety of initiatives such as coaching, leadership development, strategic planning, and teambuilding. It contains tools and other resources to help with immediate use in the workplace and new and updated case studies that show how it really works."--Provided by publisher.
9781118015100 111801510X 9781118015117 1118015118 9781118015124 1118015126 9781118256060 1118256069
CL0500000125 Safari Books Online CF03E178-624F-4F25-8ED1-280744E59D6C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Organizational change.
Appreciative inquiry.
Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Structural Adjustment.
Appreciative inquiry.
Organizational change.
Electronic books.
HD58.8 / .W388 2011eb
658.4/06 658.4063