Balancing Acts : A Human Systems Approach to Organizational Change / James Conklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conklin, James (Lecturer in applied human sciences), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Organizational change--Planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2021]

Summary:

Balancing Acts presents an iterative, democratic, and inclusive approach to social change that is suited to the complexities of the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART ONE: THINKING ABOUT CHANGE

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE Terms of Art

CHAPTER TWO Doing Things to People and Doing Things with People

CHAPTER THREE Searching for Answers

PART TWO The Doing of Change

CHAPTER FOUR Creating a Contract with Your Client

CHAPTER FIVE Exploring the Client System

CHAPTER SIX Making Sense of Things

CHAPTER SEVEN Implementing and Evaluating the Intervention

CHAPTER EIGHT The Ethics of Intervention

CHAPTER NINE Changing the Future of Planned Change

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-4029-9

1-4875-4028-0

OCLC:

1250354309