Research Catalog

Title

Appreciative inquiry and organizational transformation : reports from the field / edited by Ronald Fry [and others] ; foreword by David L. Cooperrider.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2002.

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Additional Authors

Fry, Ronald E. (Ronald Eugene)

Description

xi, 304 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Organizational behavior
• Organizational change

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-296) and index.

Contents

• Foreword: The Coming Epidemic of Positive Change / David L. Cooperrider. 1. Appreciative Inquiry in Action: The Unfolding of a Provocative Invitation / Frank Barrett and Ronald Fry -- Pt. I. Building Relational Resources: Fostering Human Cooperation. 2. Putting the Client before the Horse: Working with Appreciative Inquiry in a Small Business / Marsha George and Adrian McLean. 3. Meaning Making in Teams: Appreciative Inquiry with Preidentity and Postidentity Groups / Gervase Bushe -- Pt. II. Renewing Organizational Vitality: Transforming Systems in Decline. 4. Appreciating Appreciative Inquiry in the Urban Catholic School / William Van Buskirk. 5. Creating Unity from Competing Integrities: A Case Study in Appreciative Inquiry Methodology / Charleyse Pratt. 6. Generative Metaphor Intervention: A New Approach for Working with Systems Divided by Conflict and Caught in Defensive Perception / Frank Barrett and David L. Cooperrider --
• Pt. III. Building Enduring Collaboration: Transforming Organizational Culture. 7. Imaging Inclusion: Men and Women in Organizations / Marjorie Schiller. 8. Appreciative Inquiry and Culture Change at GTE: Launching a Positive Revolution / Diana Whitney, David L. Cooperrider and Maureen Garrison / [et al.]. 9. Creative Applications of Appreciative Inquiry in an Organization-Wide Culture Change Effort: The Hunter Douglas Experience / Amanda Trosten-Bloom -- Pt. IV. Building Community: Transforming for the Global Good. 10. The Appreciative Summit: The Birth of the United Religious Initiative / Gurudev S. Khalsa. 11. Appreciative Storytelling: A Narrative Approach to Organization Development and Change / James D. Ludema. 12. Conclusion: Rethinking What Gives Life to Positive Change / Ronald Fry and Frank Barrett -- References / 279 -- Selected Bibliography / Dawn Dole, Loren R. Dyck and Leslie Sekerka.

ISBN

1567204589 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001019589

OCLC

• ocm46462688
• SCSB-4221920

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries