Positive Design and Appreciative Construction - From Sustainable Development to Sustainable Value (Hardcover)

This volume is focused on sustainable value which has become a widespread aspiration in all walks of life. By taking a generative approach and by building on positive design principles inherent in the appreciative inquiry methodology, it proposes moving from sustainable development to sustainable value. Chapters focus on three thematic areas for sustainable value: positive design, appreciative intelligence and social innovation, and social entrepreneurship. Contributions respond to questions such as: How can the design approach help enhance the sustainable value over profit value? And what needs to happen to create a vibrant community of practice among design practitioners, scientists, business and political leaders? Case studies show that by reframing global problems with an appreciative lens, organizations of all sorts can indeed create social innovation and even establish a business case for sustainable value. It provides lessons learned from high impact social entrepreneurship and conceptualizes how this nascent movement with unbridled potential may contribute to the radical shift necessary for moving from sustainable development to sustainable value.

General

Imprint:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Advances in Appreciative Inquiry
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	2010
Editors:	Tojo Thatchenkery • David L. Cooperrider • Michel Avital
Series editors:	Michel Avital • David L. Cooperrider • Danielle P. Zandee
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	345
ISBN-13:	978-0-85724-369-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business ethics Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Organizational theory & behaviour
LSN:	0-85724-369-1
Barcode:	9780857243690

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