by Harlene Anderson, David Cooperrider, Ken and Mary Gergen, Sheila McNamee, Jane Magruder Watkins and Diana Whitney
The Appreciative Organization is based on the authors' diverse experiences in organizational life. The appreciative construction of meaning is essential to the efficacy of an organization and the fulfillment of its participants. In clear and direct language, the volume treats the challenges of decision making, leadership, group functioning, personnel evaluation, and the relationship of the organization to its context.
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by Frank J. Barrett and Ronald E. Fry
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.
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Paperback, 128 pages, ISBN: 0-7880-2163-X
13-digit: 978-0-7880-2163-3
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by Jacqueline M. Stavros & Cheri B. Torres; foreward by David Cooperrider
This book, Dynamic Relationships, invites us to step into the appreciative paradigm where the principles governing our actions and relationships offer a means for increased value and meaning in our lives and our communities of work and play.
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Paperback, 171 pages, ISBN: 0-9714416-6-9
13-digit: 978-0-9714416-6-8
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by Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary Gergen
Ken and Mary Gergen present an account of social constructionist thought that will enable students, colleagues and practitioners - as well as those who are simply curious - to gain a basic understanding and appreciation of the drama of constructionist ideas in action - in organizations, psychotherapy, education, conflict resolution, social research, and everyday life.
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ISBN: 0-7880-2127-3
13-digit: 979-0-7880-2127-4
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by Tojo Thatchenkery
Leveraging Knowledge Management for Strategic Change (2004)
In this contribution to change management, Tojo Thatchenkery describes a brand new methodology called Appreciate Sharing of Knowledge [ASK] and provides a step-by-step tool kit for anyone interested in knowledge management.
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ISBN: 0-7880-21-37-0
13-digit: 979-0-7880-2137-3
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Edited by Marge Schiller, Bea Mah Holland, and Deanna Riley
This 200-page volume presents a model of Appreciative Leadership based on twenty-eight interviews, fifteen of which are included in the book. This small but comprehensive sample reveals the outstanding characteristics of appreciative leaders and their predominant behavioral attributes.
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ISBN: 0-9712312-0-6
13-digit: 978-0-9712312-0-7
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by Miriam Ricketts and Jim Willis of Executive Edge, Inc.
This book invites you to share in a conversation around the power and efficacy of embedding experiential learning models, tools and techniques into appreciative inquiry in order to accelerate positive change, motivate teams and individuals, generate buy-in and engage people at all levels.
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ISBN: 0-9712312-2-2
13-digit: 978-0-9712312-2-1