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Systemic Work with Organizations - A New Model for Managers and Change Agents (Paperback)
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Systemic Work with Organizations - A New Model for Managers and Change Agents (Paperback)
Series: The Systemic Thinking and Practice Series: Work with Organizations
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Systemic Work with Organisations explores a powerful new
perspective on the challenges faced by managers and consultants who
work in large organisations. Building on principles and methods
originally developed in the family arena, the authors show how an
emphasis on connection, context, and communication can help
managers and others involved in change, deal with issues of
identity, leadership, and learning faced by staff in today's
complex work environment. The main thesis is that one way cause and
effect thinking and a central focus on the role of the individual,
is no longer sufficient. Managers and change agents now need to
make use of the insights and interventions offered by a systemic
perspective that highlights the roles played by circularity and
reflexivity in how people construct shared meaning in human
systems. In early chapters the three authors develop bridges
between the family and organisational fields, exploring the ideas
and methods of systemic and constructionist thinking in preparation
for the three detailed case studies which illustrate systemic
thinking in action. Concluding chapters pull together the strands
to present a view of the stance and methods of constructionist
consulting, the authors' version of the systemic approach. This
complementary focus on relations and meaning in human systems
offers managers the opportunity to use insights from a broad range
of other disciplines to improve their contribution to resolving
challenges faced by public and private organisations. The approach
offered is a practical one and will be of interest to managers,
consultants, and change agents who wish to improve their
understanding of the complex worlds they now work in.
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