Appreciative Inquiry: An Emerging Direction for Organization Development

by Cooperrider, David L.; Sorensen, Peter F., Jr.; Yaeger, Therese F.; Whitney, Diana

• ISBN13: 9781588741219
• ISBN10: 1588741214
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Stipes Pub Llc

Table of Contents

Introduction: Organization Development and Appreciative Inquiry: An Introduction to an Award-Winning Approach to OD	i
PART I Rethinking Human Organization Toward a Positive Theory of Change	1	(142)
A Positive Revolution in Change: Appreciative Inquiry	9	(22)
David L. Cooperrider
Diana Whitney
Positive Image, Positive Action: The Affirmative Basis of Organizing	31	(46)
David L. Cooperrider
Appreciative Inquiry in Organizational Life	77	(24)
David L. Cooperrider
Suresh Srivastva
International and Intellectual Roots of Appreciative Inquiry	101	(16)
Kenneth L. Murrell
Five Theories of Change Embedded in AI	117	(12)
Gervase Bushe
What Matters Most in Appreciative Inquiry: Review and Thematic Assessment	129	(14)
Therese F. Yaeger
Peter F. Sorensen, Jr.
PART II Case Stories, Resources for AI Practice and Empirical Testing	143	(324)
Generative Metaphor Intervention: A New Approach for Working with Systems Divided by Conflict and Caught in Defensive Perception	147	(28)
Frank J. Barrett
David L. Cooperrider
Advances in AI as an Organization Development Intervention	175	(10)
Gervase Bushe
The ``Child'' as Agent of Inquiry	185	(8)
David L. Cooperrider
Resources for Getting AI Started: An Example of OD Proposal	193	(12)
David L. Cooperrider
An Appreciative Inquiry into the Factors of Culture Continuity During Leadership Transition: A Case of LeadShare, Canada	205	(12)
Mary Ann Rainey
Survey Guided AI: A Case Study	217	(10)
Rita F. Williams
The Liberation of Power: Exploring How Appreciative Inquiry ``Powers Up the People''	227	(26)
Diana Whitney
Amanda Trosten-Bloom
Initiating Culture Change in Higher Education Through IA	253	(10)
Robert L. Head
Michele M. Young
Saving Tomorrow's Workforce	263	(6)
Christopher Anne Easley
Peter F. Sorensen
Therese F. Yaeger
A Story of Nutrimental in Brazil: How Wholeness, Appreciation, and Inquiry Bring Out the Best in Human Organization	269	(10)
Ilma O. Barros
David L. Cooperrider
Appreciative Inquiry with Teams	279	(12)
Gervase R. Bushe
Appreciative Inquiry and Learning Assessment: An Embedded Evaluation Process in a Transnational Pharmaceutical Company	291	(26)
Bernard J. Mohr
Elizabeth Smith
Jane M. Watkins
Appreciative Inquiry as a Team-development Intervention for Newly Formed Heterogeneous Groups	317	(12)
Robert L. Head
Field Experiment in Appreciative Inquiry	329	(12)
David A. Jones
Appreciative Inquiry Meets the Logical Positivist	341	(8)
Peter F. Sorensen
Robert Head
Linda Sharkey
Dale Spartz
PART III
Appreciative Inquiry and the Conscious Evolution of Chaordic Organizations	349	(14)
David Cooperrider
Is Appreciative Inquiry OD's Philosopher's Stone	363	(16)
Peter F. Sorensen, Jr.
Joanne Preston
Thomas C. Head
Theresa Yaeger
Appreciative Inquiry: Debunking The Mythology Behind Resistance To Change	379	(10)
Thomas C. Head
Three Perspectives on Appreciative Inquiry	389	(8)
Robert T. Golembiewski
Postmodern Principles and Practices for Large Scale Organization Change and Global Cooperation	397	(16)
Diana Whitney
Organizational Inquiry Model for Global Social Change Organizations	413	(16)
Jane Magruder Watkins
David Cooperrider
From Local Conversations to Global Change: Experiencing the Worldwide Web Effect of Appreciative Inquiry	429	(14)
Michael J. Mantel
James D. Ludema
From Deficit Discourse to Vocabularies of Hope: The Power of Appreciation	443	(24)
James D. Ludema
Appreciative Inquiry Resource List	467
Dawn Cooperrider Dole