DESCRIPTION:
"The best way to change the world may be one
organization at a time."
With this ambitious claim, the authors of this
highly readable primer provide insightful analysis
for evaluating and improving the health of any
organization. They advocate a "systems approach,"
which views organizations as living systems,
interconnected in their various departments, and
interfacing with their environments.
Leaders of organizations from all sectors will find
sound advice concerning the four major components of
organizations -- their structure, leadership, culture, and
environment.
Find out:
- What the classic dispute over "who gets the corner
office" is really about.
- The difference between a good leader and a great one.
- What new hires may know about an organization
that longer-term employees don't.
- How organizational change and conflict are not
only inevitable, but survivable.
Each chapter contains examples from the authors'
varied experiences with organizational change and
conflict, written from a spirited, hopeful approach for
creating a better world.
A title in The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series.
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