| Description |
1 online resource (195 pages) |
| 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 Dynam; 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 |
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CHAPTER 7. Functional Subgrouping in the Classroom: A Powerful Tool for LearningCHAPTER 8. Meetings that Work: Making Common Sense "Common"; About the Authors; References |
| 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 workin |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social systems.
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Organizational behavior.
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Organizational behavior
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Social systems
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gantt, Susan
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| ISBN |
9781849405157 |
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1849405158 |
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