Appreciative inquiry : change at the speed of imagination /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Watkins, Jane Magruder
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mohr, Bernard J., Kelly, Ralph, 1938-
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: San Francisco, CA : Pfeiffer, [2011]
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed.
• Σειρά: Practicing organization development series ; 35.
• Θέματα: Organizational change.; Appreciative inquiry.; Business.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.; Electronic books.

 "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. 

 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.