Made to flourish beyond quick fixes to a thriving organization / Shelley G. Trebesch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trebesch, Shelley G., 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church management.

Organizational effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Every organization is made to flourish. But when problems arise, quick fixes and poor leadership training can drag it down. Here is the book that churches, NGOs, mission agencies, other nonprofits, businesses and the teams within these groups can use to enjoy the holistic, fruitful abundance that God intended for organizations and everyone in them.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; 1 A Vision to Flourish; Made to Flourish; Quick Fixes; 2 Languishing or Flourishing?: Predicting the Ripple Effects of Change; Vision and Mission; Internal Paradigms; The Organization Action Loop; The People Loop; Context; 3 The ECO Model at Work; Anticipating Change; 4 Flourishing People; Languishing or Flourishing People?; God's Image: Unity and Connectedness; The Neuroscience of Connection; Relationships in Flourishing Organizations; Interdependence in Mission; Mutual Participation; Agency and Power; Making a Difference

5 DNA: The Life Force of Flourishing OrganizationsDNA-Vision, Mission, Faith Assumptions and Values; Change and Crisis; 6 Putting Your DNA to Work; Case 1-Friends in Berkeley; Case 2-Anna and Her Village; Case 3-The Junction Articulates Its Vision; Case 4-OMF Recaptures Its Vision; Principles for Discerning and Articulating Vision, Mission, Faith Assumptions and Values; Making Your DNA Visible; Putting DNA to Work in the Board; 7 The Discipline of Flourishing-Organization and Capacity Development; Organization Development; Ten Characteristics of Effective Organization Development

8 Making Organization Development Work for YouCapacity Development; A Process for Capacity Development; 9 The Ecosystem of Flourishing-Culture; Organizational Culture; Definitions; Jesus Culture; Jesus Establishes an Environment for Flourishing; 10 Making Culture Work for You; Time Audit; Responding to Crisis or Conflict; Physical Space and Artifacts; 11 The Ecosystem of Flourishing-Structure; What Organizational Structures Are All About; Organizational Structures and Tendencies in Christian Organizations; 12 The Nuts and Bolts of Structure; Elements of Structure; Best Practices-Structure

Last But Not Least13 The Future of Flourishing-Innovation and Entrepreneurs; It's the People!; The Entrepreneurial Culture; Entrepreneurial Structures; 14 Flourishing: A Daily Reality; Engaging the Context; Discerning Strategies; Outputs vs. Outcomes; Goal Setting and Planning; 15 One Organization's Story; A Bold Decision and Brutal Facts; Building on Strengths; Strengths + Opportunities = Strategies; People; Operations; 16 Flourishing Organizations; Components of a Flourishing Organization; Made to Flourish; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1: Technical Aspects of Flourishing

Appendix 2: Flourishing Developmental Assessment ToolComponent 1: DNA-Vision, Mission, Values, Faith Assumptions; Component 2: A Called Community Committed to Vision, Mission, Values and Faith Assumptions; Component 3: Context and Research; Component 4: Strategies toward Outcomes; Component 5: Operations; Component 6: Growth and Sustainability; Notes; Chapter 1: A Vision to Flourish; Chapter 2: Languishing or Flourishing?; Chapter 3: The ECO Model at Work; Chapter 4: Flourishing People; Chapter 5: DNA: The Life Force of Flourishing Organizations; Chapter 6: Putting Your DNA to Work

Chapter 7: The Discipline of Flourishing-Organization and Capacity Development

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8308-9895-6