Creating Paths of Change : Managing Issues and Resolving Problems in Organizations

by Will McWhinney

• ISBN13: 9780761910077
• ISBN10: 0761910077
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-07
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Modern Historiographyis the essential introduction to the history of historical writing. It explains the broad philosophical background to the different historians and historical schools of the modern era. In a unique overview of modern historiography, the book includes surveys on the Enlightenment and Counter Enlightenment; Romanticism; the voice of Science and the process of secularization within Western intellectual thought; the influence of, and broadening contact with, the New World; theAnnalesschool in France; and the effects of the repression and exile of the inter-war years and the Post-War 'moods.'Modern Historiographyprovides a clear and concise account of this modern period of historical writing.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1	(6)
Our Approach	4	(3)
CHAPTER 1--YOU, THE AGENT OF CHANGE	7	(22)
Initiating Change	8	(1)
Managing the Conflict You Create	9	(1)
Determining "What Is Real"	10	(1)
The Four Realities	11	(2)
Your World Views	13	(4)
Your Reality Preferences	17	(1)
THe Reality Inquiry	18	(11)
CHAPTER 2--THE MODES OF CHANGE	29	(10)
The Modes of Change	30	(4)
The Directional Methods	34	(2)
Chart: Guide to the Directional Methods	36	(3)
CHAPTER 3--LEADERSHIP AND THE TEAM	39	(16)
The Realities of Leading	42	(1)
Chart: Leadership Styles	43	(1)
Your Leadership Style	44	(1)
Leaders and Team Members	45	(1)
Building an Effective Team	46	(2)
Chart: Leaders and Team Members	48	(3)
Your Team Profile	51	(1)
The Reality Matrix	52	(3)
CHAPTER 4--THE GAMES OF CHANGE	55	(12)
The Games of Change	57	(1)
Chart: The Master Games of Change	58	(1)
The Six Games of Change	59	(1)
The Game of Professional Basketball	60	(3)
Some Implications of Play	63	(2)
Using the Boards	65	(2)
CHAPTER 5--THE PATHS OF CHANGE	67	(20)
Initiating a Path of Change	69	(3)
Two Grand Paths of Change	72	(6)
The Revitalization Path	74	(2)
The Renaissance Path	76	(2)
Minor Paths of Change	78	(9)
Socio-Technical Systems Design	79	(2)
Business Process Re-engineering	81	(1)
Interactive Planning	82	(1)
Mediation	83	(1)
Organizational Development	84	(3)
CHAPTER 6--SOLVING THE PROBLEM	87	(16)
Finding the Method	89	(1)
Different Approaches	90	(1)
Developing the Team	91	(1)
Selecting a Tool	92	(1)
Taking Action	93	(1)
Case: Elias Cuts Overtime	94	(6)
The Reality Matrix	100	(3)
CHAPTER 7--TWO CASES:	103	(16)
"Absenteeism's Hidden Agenda"	104	(7)
"So, Where's the Schedule?"	111	(8)
TOOLS OF CHANGE	119	(81)
Chart: Inventory of Tools	120	(3)
The Analytic Mode	123	(14)
The Assertive Mode	137	(12)
The Influential Mode	149	(12)
The Evaluative Mode	161	(14)
The Inventive Mode	175	(14)
The Emergent Mode	189	(11)
REFERENCES	200	(5)
THE AUTHORS	205