Organization Change


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The Second Edition provides an overview of the theoretical and research foundation for our current understanding of organization change, including the nature and types of change organizations experience. The author reviews various models, including the one developed by Burke and Litwin, and uses cases to demonstrate how the models can be used to diagnose change issues in organizations. Emphasizing planned, revolutionary change over the gradual, evolutionary change organizations typically experience, Burke combines and integrates theory and research with application for insight into all aspects of organization change.




Personnel Literature


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Complexity, Organizations and Change


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Available in paperback for the first time, this book describes and considers ideas and insights from complexity science, and examines their use in organizations, especially in bringing about major organizational change.




Facilitating Organization Change


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"Facilitating Organization Change" hilft Ihnen, die Dynamik des Wandels in einem komplexen System zu verstehen und diese Kräfte gezielt zu nutzen. Dieses Buch nennt neue Perspektiven, Methoden und Techniken zur Wiederbelebung von Unternehmen. Es erläutert auch die Muster die das Unternehmensverhalten steuern und zeigt, wie man sich diese Einsichten zunutze macht, um den Unternehmenswandel effektiver voranzutreiben.




Change from the Inside Out


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Change initiatives fail because humans are hardwired to return to what's worked for us in the past. This book offers a straightforward process for rewiring ourselves and those we lead to be more change-capable. Erika Andersen says avoiding change has been a historical imperative. In this book, she shows how we can overcome that reluctance and get good at making necessary change. Using a fictional story about a jewelry business changing generational hands, Andersen lays out a five-step model for addressing both this human side of change and its practical aspects: Step 1: Clarify the change and why it's needed—Get clear on what the change is and the benefits it will bring. Step 2: Envision the future state—Build a shared picture of the post-change future. Step 3: Build the change—Bring together a change team, engage key stakeholders, and plan the change. Step 4: Lead the transition—Build a transition plan that supports the human side of the change, then engage the whole organization in making the change. Step 5: Keep the change going—Work to make your organization permanently more change-capable. With opportunities to self-reflect and try out the ideas and approaches throughout, this book is a practical guide to thriving in this era of nonstop change.




Effective Instructional Strategies


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Effective Instructional Strategies: From Theory to Practice 3e covers the practical information that all effective K-12 teachers need. Applying the latest research findings and practical classroom practices, it provides thorough coverage of the strategies and skills essential to every teacher′s repertoire. The text provides information about how to be an effective classroom teacher. It has been carefully designed to maximize instructional flexibility and to model established principles of instruction as well as to expand the pedagogical teaching knowledge of teachers and their instructional repertoires. 3e covers the practical information that all effective K-12 teachers need. Applying the latest research findings and practical classroom practices, it provides thorough coverage of the strategies and skills essential to every teacher′s repertoire. The text provides information about how to be an effective classroom teacher. It has been carefully designed to maximize instructional flexibility and to model established principles of instruction as well as to expand the pedagogical teaching knowledge of teachers and their instructional repertoires. Effective Instructional Strategies can be used as a core text for primary, middle, secondary, or K-12 general methods courses or for use in-service seminars and workshops with a practical, application focus. It also makes an ideal reference text for individuals wanting an update and/or refresher prior to taking state or national competency exams.




Organization Development


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Organization Development, Third Edition is today's complete overview of the OD discipline for managers, executives, administrators, consultants, and students alike. Fully updated to reflect major changes since the classic Second Edition, it explains how OD is now practiced, and how it is continuing to evolve. The authors illuminate each key theory in the field, giving readers the background they need to translate theory into action, make key choices, help organizations learn, and lead change.




Dynamics of Organizational Change and Learning


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This handbook focuses on the complex processes and problems of organizational change and relates current knowledge of individual and group psychology to the understanding of the dynamics of change. Complementary and competing insights are presented as overviews of theory and research Offers helpful insights about choosing models and methods in specific situations Chapters by international authors of the highest quality




The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan


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Praise for The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan "What a book! New and experienced managers at every level will 'fly' with this programmed learning." —The Honorable Bruce S. Gelb former vice chairman, Bristol-Myers Squibb "I love this book and wish I had read it before stepping into my current leadership role. It provides a practical and indispensable road map to success that will help new leaders stack the odds in their favor. Read it and don't be among the forty percent of leaders who fail in the first eighteen months!" —Sandy Rogers former marketing manager, Procter & Gamble and Apple Computer, and former senior vice president, Corporate Strategy, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company "The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan offers a comprehensive architecture with practical tools and techniques for new leaders to follow. I believe that leaders who utilize the advice from this book will have demonstrative business and culture-building results." —Joe Bonito Vice President, Global Leadership Effectiveness, Pfizer "One of the most basic yet comprehensive books I've read regarding the dos and don'ts of a successful on-boarding process. A must-read for all aspiring business leaders, from first-time CEO's to executives at every level of the organization. Also a great tool for human resources and talent manage-ment executives." —Joe Griesedieck Vice Chairman, Korn/Ferry Executive Search




Leading Beyond


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A common cliché states that Sunday is the most racially divided day of the week. Authors have attempted to study the division in church, but it continues to be a perpetual problem for Christianity. The racial divide in Christianity demands continual study and research dedicated to finding answers in the history of the Bible. The book of Acts provides the historical account of the early church’s cultural diversity and the apostles’ leadership to spread the gospel all over the world in the first century. Therefore, it is critical to research the apostles’ leadership, specifically Peter and Paul, to the diversity of the early church following Pentecost in the book of Acts and to apply discovered leadership principles to modern-day church.