Sct in action : applying the systems-centered approach in organizations / by Yvonne M. Agazarian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agazarian, Yvonne M., eauthor.

Contributor:

Gantt, Susan P.

Agazarian, Yvonne M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social systems.

Organizational behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As this book amply demonstrates, SCT has turned out to have powerful organizational applications. With its theory of living human systems rather than a separate theory of organizations or of organizational behavior, it uses concepts that easily map onto organizational life. It looks at systems as a whole but also in parts. It stresses the importance of understanding boundaries and contexts. It continually focuses on task, and, perhaps, most important of all, it offers a sophisticated understanding of roles, which includes work roles in organizations. It well may be, as more consultants working in organizations become more familiar with the concepts and methods SCT offers, the SCT approach will come to seem indispensable to the resolution of conflict.

Contents:

COVER; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. Overview of the Theory of Living Human Systems and its Systems-Centered Practice; CHAPTER 2. The Systems-Centered Coach: Examples from Our Work; CHAPTER 3. Role, Goal and Context in an Organizational Intervention; CHAPTER 4. From Complaints to Strategies: Using an Agency's All-Staff Meetings as a Learning Lab for Understanding System Dynamics; CHAPTER 5. Opening up the Circle: Next Steps in Group Work for Clinical Pastoral Educators; CHAPTER 6. Red, Yellow, Green: Modifying Communication Patterns in an Elementary School System

CHAPTER 7. Functional Subgrouping in the Classroom: A Powerful Tool for LearningCHAPTER 8. Meetings that Work: Making Common Sense ""Common""; About the Authors; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91877-1

0-429-90454-1

0-429-47977-8

1-283-13736-4

9786613137364

1-84940-515-8

9780429479779

OCLC:

731646843