Appreciative inquiry and organizational transformation
Subtitle: reports from the field
By: edited by Ronald Fry ... [et al.] ; foreword by David L. Cooperrider.
Contributors: Fry, Ronald E.
Publisher: Quorum Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Organizational behavior.; Organizational change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword : The coming epidemic of positive change / David L. Cooperrider; title: Appreciative inquiry in action : the unfolding of a provocative invitation / Frank Barrett and Ronald Fry; title: Putting the client before the horse : working with appreciative inquiry in a small business / Marsha George and Adrian McLean; title: Meaning making in teams : appreciative inquiry with preidentity and postidentity groups / Gervase Bushe; title: Appreciating appreciative inquiry in the urban Catholic school / William Van Buskirk; title: Creating unity from competing integrities : a case study in appreciative inquiry methodology / Charleyse Pratt; title: Generative metaphor intervention : a new approach for working with systems divided by conflict and caught in defensive perception / Frank Barrett and David L. Cooperrider; title: Imagining inclusion : men and women in organizations / Marjorie Schiller; title: Appreciative inquiry and culture change at GTE : launching a positive revolution / Diana Whitney ... [et al.]; title: Creative applications of appreciative inquiry in an organization-wide culture change effort : the Hunter-Douglas experience / Amanda Trosten-Bloom; title: The appreciative summit : the birth of the United Religions Initiative / Gurudev S. Khalsa; title: Appreciative storytelling : a narrative approach to organization development and change / James D. Ludema; title: Conclusion : Rethinking what gives life to positive change / Ronald Fry and Frank Barrett.