| Description |
xvi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1 INSTRUCTIONS -- Collective Learning for Transformational Change -- 1.The theory: Collective social learning -- 2.The practice: Party time -- 3.Following the collective learning spiral -- 4.Step 1. Setting the scene: Who to invite? -- 5.Step 2. Collective ideals: What should be? -- 6.Step 3. Collective facts: What is? -- 7.Step 4. Collective ideas: What could be? -- 8.Step 5. Collective action: What can be? -- 9.Step 6. Following on -- 10.Guiding transformational change -- pt. 2 CASE STUDIES -- Celebrations of Collective Learning -- 11.Holding the party -- 12.Managing whole-of-community change: Bon voyage -- 13.Introducing new ideas: A cocktail party -- 14.Initiating long-term change: Opening night -- 15.Changing problem communities: Housewarming -- 16.Achieving collective thinking: Coming of age -- 17.Monitoring and evaluation: Street party -- 18.Teamwork: Bring a plate -- 19.Working from the Guidebook: Going it alone -- 20.Summing up -- pt. 3 RESOURCES -- A-Z of Collective Learning -- Introduction -- Adaptive management -- Alliancing -- Balancing the players -- Collaboration -- Conflict resolution -- Consultation -- Conversation -- Dialogue -- Event management -- Forecasting -- Gatekeepers -- Hosting -- Imagining -- Joining in -- Knowledge brokering -- Learning styles -- Multiple knowledges -- Negotiation -- Open Space Technology -- Pattern languages -- Problem-solving games -- Questioning -- Risk and risk-taking -- Synergy and synthesis -- Team-building -- Transdisciplinarity -- Understanding -- Values mapping -- Visioning -- Wicked problems -- Xing the minefield -- Yarning -- Zany ideas |
| Summary |
This book offers a step by step guide for those seeking to undertake a transformational change process based on strong collaboration among diverse interests. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Organizational change.
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Organizational learning.
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Social change.
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| Author |
Lambert, Judith A.
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| LC no. |
2012017774 |
| ISBN |
9780415622929 (hardback) |
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