Appreciative Inquiry A Positive Revolution In Change

Author : Diana Whitney
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459625897
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Appreciative Inquiry written by Diana Whitney and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces organisations to Appreciative Inquiry (AI) by the originators and leaders of the movement itself. This book offers an approach based on proven principles for unleashing people's creativity, knowledge and spirit toward a common purpose, that works because it acknowledges the prevailing attitudes toward change.

Author : David Cooperrider
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 160509692X
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Appreciative Inquiry written by David Cooperrider and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2005-10-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the two most recognized Appreciative Inquiry thought leaders A quick, accessible introduction to one of the most popular change methods today--proven effective in organizations ranging from Roadway Express and British Airways to the United Nations and the United States Navy Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a model of change management uniquely suited to the values, beliefs, and challenges of organizations today. AI is a process that emphasizes identifying and building on strengths, rather than focusing exclusively on fixing weaknesses as most other change processes do. As the stories in this book illustrate, it results in dramatic improvements in the triple bottom line: people, profits, and planet. AI has been used to significantly enhance customer satisfaction, cost competitiveness, revenues, profits, and employee engagement, retention, and morale, as well as organizations' abilities to meet the needs of society. This book is a concise introduction to Appreciative Inquiry. It provides a basic overview of the process and principles of AI along with exciting stories illustrating how organizations have applied AI and the benefits they have gained as a result. It has been specifically designed to be accessible to a wide audience so that it can be handed out in organizations where AI is either being contemplated or being implemented. Written by two of the key figures in the development of Appreciative Inquiry, this is the most authoritative guide available to a change method that systematically taps the potential of human beings to make themselves, their organizations, and their communities more adaptive and more effective.

Author : James Ludema
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1605095680
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Appreciative Inquiry Summit written by James Ludema and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2003-08-09 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has rapidly emerged as one of the most significant advances in the field of organization development and change. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive practitioner's guide to the AI Summit-the preferred method when applying whole-scale change to large groups. The authors-four of the leading experts on Appreciative Inquiry-explore the theories of organization change and large-group process on which the AI Summit is based; walk the reader step-by-step through the process of planning, conducting, and following up on an AI Summit; provide a series of case studies of the AI Summit in action; and share essential success factors-what they have learned in their work with AI and large-group processes that contributes to success in large-scale efforts. This book is an essential resource for anyone who works with Appreciative Inquiry, large group interventions, or whole-system change processes.

Author : David L. Cooperrider
Publisher : Stipes Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780875639314
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Appreciative Inquiry written by David L. Cooperrider and published by Stipes Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A positive revolution in change: appreciative inquiry / David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney -- Positive image, positive action: the affirmative basis of organizing / David Cooperrider -- Appreciative inquiry in organizational life / David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva -- Five theories of change embedded in appreciative inquiry / Gervase Bushe -- Advances in appreciative inquiry as an organization development intervention / Gervase Bushe -- The "child" as agent of inquiry / David L. Cooperrider -- Resources for getting appreciative inquiry started: an example OD proposal / David L. Cooperrider -- An appreciative inquiry into the factors of culture continuity during leadership transactions: a case study of LeadShare, Canada / Mary Ann Rainey -- Survey guided appreciative inquiry: a case study / Rita F. Williams -- Initiating culture change in higher education through appreciative inquiry / Robert L. Head and Michele M. Young -- Saving tomorrow's workforce / Chrisopher Anne Easley, Therese Yaeger, and Peter Sorensen -- Appreciative inquiry with teams / Gervase R. Bushe -- A field experiment in appreciative inquiry / David A. Jones -- Appreciative inquiry meets the logical positivist / Peter F. Sorensen [and others] -- Is appreciative inquiry OD's philosopher's stone / Thomas C. Head [and others] -- Postmodern principles and practices for large scale organization change and global cooperation / Diana Whitney -- Organizational inquiry model for global social change organizations / Jane Magruder Watkins and David Cooperrider -- From deficit discourse to vocabularies of hope; the power of appreciation / James D. Ludema

Author : Diana D. Whitney
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1605097748
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Appreciative Inquiry written by Diana D. Whitney and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED The Power of Appreciative Inquiry describes the internationally embraced approach to organizational change that dramatically improves performance by engaging people to study, discuss, and build upon what’s working – strengths – rather than trying to fix what’s not. Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom, pioneers in the development and practice of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), provide a menu of eight results-oriented applications, along with case examples from a wide range of organizations to illustrate Appreciative Inquiry in action. A how-to book, this is the most authoritative and accessible guide to the newest ideas and practices in the field of Appreciative Inquiry since its inception in 1985. The second edition includes new examples, tools, and tips for using AI to create an enduring capacity for positive change, along with a totally new chapter on award-winning community applications of Appreciative Inquiry.

Author : Frank Joseph Barrett
Publisher : Focus Book a Taos Institute Pu
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Appreciative Inquiry written by Frank Joseph Barrett and published by Focus Book a Taos Institute Pu. This book was released on 2005 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a concise introduction to and overview of the growing discipline and practice of Appreciative Inquiry (AI). If you are intrigued by the prospect of mobilizing rapid, positive change with multiple stakeholders in a human system that is important to you, this book is for you.

Author : Jan Reed
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1452279020
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Appreciative Inquiry written by Jan Reed and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-11-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appreciative Inquiry: Research for Change is the first book to explore in depth the issues that arise when appreciative inquiry is used as a research framework, rather than an organizational development tool. Author Jan Reed draws upon her own experience of using Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as a research approach—shaping the asking of questions, the gathering of information, and the communication of ideas.

Author : David Cooperrider
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780369304629
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Appreciative Inquiry written by David Cooperrider and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the originators and leaders of the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) movement itself, this short, practical guide offers an approach to organizational change based on the possibility of a more desirable future, experience with the whole system, and activities that signal ''something different is happening this time.'' That difference systematically taps the potential of human beings to make themselves, their organizations, and their communities more adaptive and more effective. AI, a theory of collaborative change, erases the winner/loser paradigm in favor of coordinated actions and closer relationships that lead to solutions at once simpler and more effective.

Author : Sue Annis Hammond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988953802
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry written by Sue Annis Hammond and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This best-selling classic provides a great introduction on what appreciative inquiry is and how to apply it. Sue has updated the 3rd edition with the latest research and many new examples. The Thin Thin Book of® Appreciative Inquiry is the introduction to the exciting organizational change philosophy called Appreciative Inquiry. Appreciative Inquiry is a way of thinking, seeing and acting for powerful, purposeful change in organizations. It is particularly useful in systems being overwhelmed by a constant demand for change. Appreciative Inquiry approaches change by assuming that whatever you want more of already exists in all organizations.

Author : Jeanie Cockell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118237048
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Appreciative Inquiry in Higher Education written by Jeanie Cockell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Appreciative Inquiry in Higher Education "Cockell and McArthur-Blair have crafted a meaningful story for educational leaders by weaving their personal experiences as Appreciative Inquiry facilitators together with a wide range of strength-based practices and positive change theory. The result is a magical book for applying Appreciative Inquiry in higher education." Diana Whitney, Ph.D., author, Appreciative Leadership and The Power of Appreciative Inquiry "Combining the history, philosophy, and principles of Appreciative Inquiry with detailed guidance for how it can be used in planning, leading, and teaching, Jeanie Cockell and Joan McArthur-Blair have tapped the depth and breadth of their substantive knowledge and skills to write a must-read text for administrators, faculty, staff, and students in higher education. Here is a book grounded in hope and many years of experience with a process that begins by recognizing what works, rather than what's missing a refreshing and rather radical perspective." Dr. Shauna Butterwick, associate professor, Adult Education Program Coordinator, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia "Cockell and McArthur-Blair have delightfully woven together how Appreciative Inquiry has been applied in all of higher education with stories of people and relationships illustrating how AI brings life to organizations. They provide guidance to AI practitioners in higher education on the depth and breadth of experiences that inspire those of us in this field." Kathy Becker, CEO, Company of Experts, Inc.; CEO, Center for Appreciative Inquiry "This book is an inspiring and expansive guide to developing appreciative practice in higher education. It will be an invaluable resource to anyone interested in leading their college into a 'positive' future." Judith Kamber, dean of professional development, Northern Essex Community College