Rethink : growth and learning through coaching and organisational development / edited by Natalie Cunningham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cunningham, Natalie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Organizational effectiveness.

Mentoring in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Randburg, Republic of South Africa : Knowres Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Cover

Copyright Page

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE EDITOR

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION TO RETHINK

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 1: A COMPLEXITY APPROACH TO ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT by Lisa Kimball &amp

Louise van Rhyn

INTRODUCTION

THE COMPLEXITY LENS CHANGES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT AN ORGANISATION IS AND, THEREFORE, HOW IT CHANGES AND DEVELOPS

THE COMPLEXITY LENS PROVIDES A NEW WAY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ORGANISATIONAL CHALLENGES

THE COMPLEXITY LENS SUGGESTS THAT SMALL CHANGES OR INTERVENTIONS CAN GENERATE BIG EFFECTS

THE COMPLEXITY LENS IDENTIFIES THE EDGE OF CHAOS AS THE POINT WHERE SYSTEMS ARE MOST ADAPTABLE AND CREATIVE

THE COMPLEXITY LENS SHOWS HOW A SMALL SET OF SIMPLE RULES CONTRIBUTES TO PURPOSEFUL, COMPLEX, AND DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR

THE COMPLEXITY LENS SUGGESTS SOME KEY PRINCIPLES FOR ENTERING AND WORKING WITH AN ORGANISATION

THE COMPLEXITY LENS IMPACTS ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE

THE COMPLEXITY LENS CHANGES WHAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO AND HOW WE PRACTISE

CONCLUSION

References

CHAPTER 2 NARRATIVE APPROACHES TO COACHING by Eileen Thayser

CHAPTER OUTLINE

GENESIS OF NARRATIVE APPROACHES

NARRATIVE APPROACHES TO COACHING

NARRATIVE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES: AN ATTEMPT AT AN INTEGRATION OF PRACTICES

WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL DOWNSIDES OF NARRATIVE COACHING?

ENDNOTES

CHAPTER 3 THE GESTALT APPROACH TO ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE by Chantelle Wyley

THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF GESTALT ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT (OD)4

THE PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF GESTALT OD

GESTALT OD MODELS AND TECHNIQUES: THE "SCIENCE" OF GESTALT

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GESTALT OD: THE "ART" OF GESTALT

REFERENCES AND ENDNOTES.

CHAPTER 4 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COACHING by Lynda Gouveia

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COACHING IN ACTION

AN INTRODUCTION TO POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COACHING

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COACHING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

ANTICIPATED RETURNS OF A POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COACHING APPROACH

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS ON THE APPLICATION OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COACHING

APPENDIX 1: CLASSIFICATION OF 6 VIRTUES AND 24 CHARACTER STRENGTHS¹²8

REFERENCES, ENDNOTES AND ADDITIONAL READING

CHAPTER 5 SOCIAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND ITS RELEVANCE TO ORGANISATIONAL PRACTICES by Natalie Cunningham

INTRODUCTION: IMPORTANCE OF NEUROSCIENCE WITH REGARD TO ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY

THE HISTORY OF NEUROSCIENCE

PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF NEUROSCIENCE

UNDERSTANDING THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS IN NEUROSCIENCE

PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS THEORY FOR ORGANISATIONS AND LEADERS

DISPELLING OF NEUROMYTHS

REFERENCES AND ENDNOTES

CHAPTER 6 A GROUP COACHING APPROACH TO LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT by Alison Reid

INTRODUCTION TO SMALL GROUP LEARNING IN THE BUSINESS CONTEXT

WHY IS SOCIAL LEARNING IN GROUPS RELEVANT IN BUSINESS CONTEXTS?

WHAT IS GROUP AND TEAM COACHING (AND WHAT IS IT NOT)?

TYPES, TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS IN GROUP COACHING

APPLICATION OF GROUP COACHING TO CERTAIN VIGNETTES

THEORETICAL INFLUENCES ON LEARNING IN SMALL GROUPS

CHAPTER 7 TRANSCENDING SEPARATION: AN EXPLORATION OF INTEGRAL THEORY Tanya Stevens

PART 1 DEFINING THE WORD 'INTEGRAL'

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF INTEGRAL THEORY

THE BASIC "VALUE RULES" OF INTEGRAL THEORY

PART 2 AN EXPLORATION OF KEN WILBER'S AQAL MODEL (ALL QUADRANTS (DOMAINS), ALL LEVELS, ALL LINES, ALL STATES AND ALL TYPES).

BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER: THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE INTEGRAL APPROACH

PART 3 AN INTEGRALLY INFORMED APPROACH TO COACHING

USING INTEGRAL THEORY TO EFFECT STRATEGIC CHANGE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 3, 2015).

ISBN:

1-86922-475-2

OCLC:

875640819