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Book Description
Around the world people are at last beginning to understand and embrace the idea of whole-system thinking. Whole-Scale Change Toolkit brings whole-systems thinking down to earth with practical, robust, and proven how-to methods to effect whole-system solutions. Offering a healthy and flexible alternative to traditional command-and-control solutions, the book describes a new way of engaging people in organizations to uncover more effective ways of achieving their common goalsthe Whole-Scale Change process. By shifting from the traditional approach of relying on outside expert diagnosis and problem solving to one that taps the creativity and wisdom of the people in the organization, solutions become systems-based and owned by the organization and its stakeholders.
A hands-on guide to the change process, Whole-Scale Change Toolkit details each step of the way for change agents and leaders both inside and outside organizations. The authors explain the conceptual base of the Whole-Scale change process, revealing some of the basic theories and underpinnings practitioners will want to understand as they engage in the practice of Whole-Scale change. They tell how to put together a planning team and a logistics team and detail what needs to be done before, during, and after the various events, including what materials are required for the activities and the roles of the members of the logistics team. They also describe each of the modules used in a three-day Whole-Scale eventits purpose, process, and materials requiredand offer proven tips for success.
Full of examples of actual designs that have been implemented by Dannemiller Tyson Associates with their clients, Whole-Scale Change Toolkit describes a wealth of Whole-Scale interventions initiated across a wide variety of settings, including government, nonprofit, and private sector organizations representing large and small group meetings, some done in two or three days and some done over months or years.
Throughout the book, the authors stress that it is not enough to know the tricks of the trade. They show that it is of vital importance to understand the real purposes to be realized by the magicthe empowerment of individuals. Ultimately, Whole-Scale Change Toolkit will give people the power to create organizations of their own choosing.
Book Info
A guide to administrating change in an organization from the inside out, describing a system called the Whole-Scale Change process. Shows how to design and facilitated large-scale events, providing examples of actual designs. Softcover. DLC: Organizational change.
Whole-Scale Change Toolkit
Whole-Scale Change Toolkit,Dannemiller Tyson Associates,Berrett-Koehler Publishers,1576750892,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Economics - General,Management - General,Organization Theory,Organizational Behavior,Organizational change,Structural Adjustment
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