Dialogue at work / Nancy M. Dixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dixon, Nancy M., 1937-

Series:

Mike Pedler library

The Mike Pedler library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal communication.

Communication in organizations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 137 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Lemos & Crane, 1998.

Summary:

As much as 75 per cent of a manager's day is spent in conversation. Much practised but imperfectly understood, Professor Dixon's book looks at the nature of talk and how it can be developed to form 'dialogue'. To manage change, complexity and diversity, organizations and individuals must develop. Individual learning has profound limitations. 'Doing dialogue' or 'development talk' in teams and groups is increasingly being seen as a new essential tool in managing change.

Today's organizations have to adapt to global competition, innovate constantly and respond to local community needs or else fail. In the face of such challenges, The Mike Pedler Library brings together distinguished business writers offering active approaches to developing individuals and organizations. Suspicious of easy answers, tools and techniques each book nevertheless offers ways forward, structures to use, directions to follow in order to engage your own energies, the ingenuity of colleagues and the aspirations of customers and stakeholders. Here is an invitation to self-confrontation that will lead to learning and action. You can't put such a book down without at least thinking of doing something differently.

Contents:

2. Talk and Development 5

3. Five Perspectives on Dialogue for Development 19

4. Practical Observations on Dialogue 57

5. How Dialogue Can be Incorporated Into Work Practices 71

6. Forums and Conditions for Dialogue 83

7. Dialogue Practices in Organizations 97.

ISBN:

1898001413

OCLC:

41311108