Dialogic organization development : the theory and practice of transformational change
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Dialogic organization development : the theory and practice of transformational change
AUTHOR:
Bushe, Gervase R.
Marshak, Robert J., 1946-
ISBN:
9781626564046
EDITION:
First Edition.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Oakland : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, a BK Business book, c2015.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xiv, 436 p. ; 24 cm
ABSTRACT:
A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of thinking and acting and the use of generative images to stimulate new organizational conversations and narratives. This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to Dialogic Organization Devel.
SUBJECT:
| Organizational change. |
| Organizational learning. |
BIBSUMMARY:
A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational ChangeDialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of thinking and acting and the use of generative images to stimulate new organizational conversations and narratives. This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to Dialogic Organization Devel.