Community Action And Organizational Change

Author : Brenton D. Faber
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0809324369

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Community Action and Organizational Change by Brenton D. Faber Pdf

Faber (technical communications, Clarkson U.) examines issues relating to the process of organizational change and the process of researching such change, including how people cope with, create, adapt to, and resist change; how people research and talk about it, and the links created and severed between theory and practice, the researcher and the researched, and the academic and the community. The text combines theoretical discussions of these issues--drawing on the work of Michel Foucault, Anthony Giddens, and Pierre Bourdieu--with Faber's firsthand experiences in the study and implementation of change. For academics, businesspeople, not-for-profit organizations, and community action groups interested in a sustained examination of change. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Jeanne L Hites Anderson,Maurine H Pyle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000073942

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Making Change by Jeanne L Hites Anderson,Maurine H Pyle Pdf

Every community has issues or opportunities that need to be addressed. The expert knowledge of community members could be the key to creating lasting change. By making community members into facilitators, Making Change: Facilitating Community Action suggests they can guide community members through the process of making change and to help them determine their goals and methods. The aim of this book is to enable facilitators to identify concerns and address, enable and foster change at the local level through effective facilitation. This book follows a six-stage model for creating change. Beginning with issue awareness, it continues through getting to know the team they are working with, seeking information on the issue and community, through facilitating the planning and community development through evaluation. This book focuses on the human side of the change process while also teaching the practical skills necessary for individuals to reach their goal. Making Change is for people interested in making change to improve their community, including students, community activists, local government and educational leaders.

Author : Tupper F. Cawsey,Gene Deszca,Cynthia Ingols
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483388441

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Organizational Change by Tupper F. Cawsey,Gene Deszca,Cynthia Ingols Pdf

Awaken, mobilize, accelerate, and institutionalize change. With a rapidly changing environment, aggressive competition, and ever-increasing customer demands, organizations must understand how to effectively adapt to challenges and find opportunities to successfully implement change. Bridging current theory with practical applications, Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit, Third Edition combines conceptual models with concrete examples and useful exercises to dramatically improve the knowledge, skills, and abilities of students in creating effective change. Students will learn to identify needs, communicate a powerful vision, and engage others in the process. This unique toolkit by Tupper Cawsey, Gene Deszca, and Cynthia Ingols will provide readers with practical insights and tools to implement, measure, and monitor sustainable change initiatives to guide organizations to desired outcomes.

Author : Merrelyn Emery,Ronald E. Purser
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996-05-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:35128001959657

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The Search Conference by Merrelyn Emery,Ronald E. Purser Pdf

The process combines the best practices associated with strategic planning, systems thinking, and effective group communications - enabling participants to take part fully, rise above self-interest, and make decisions for the common good.

Author : David Bargal,Hillel Schmid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136585012

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Organizational Change and Development in Human Service Organizations by David Bargal,Hillel Schmid Pdf

Through change and development, human service organizations can promote the well-being of their clients more effectively. This important book describes and analyzes recent research on organizational change and development in the social and human services. It is particularly relevant in light of the significant changes in these organizations during the last decade and the lack of literature in the area. Organizational Change and Development in Human Service Organizations brings together the work of scholars who deal with social welfare administration and change in human services, combining research studies with theoretical approaches to change and development. It helps readers better understand the process of change and the role of the environment in creating change. Insightful chapters encourage practitioners, scholars, and students to plan change in organizations, utilize models of change and organizational development in real life, and evaluate change and its results and impacts. This much-needed book addresses a variety of topics, including: the uses of force field analysis in assessing prospects for organizational change planned change in voluntary and government social service agencies interorganizational coordination of services to children in state custody early stages in the creation of self-help organizations organization and community transformation organizational development in public social services strategic and structural change in human service organizations a developmental approach to program evaluation Many readers will find the information in Organizational Change and Development in Human Service Organizations to be extremely beneficial in their daily work. Covering the important issues, it gives readers a deeper insight into the processes of change and development so they can provide better services to their clients. This book is a vital resource for social workers, professionals in public administration, individuals involved in MSW programs, and students in the social sciences, including sociology and political science.

Author : Gill Robinson Hickman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781483300047

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Leading Change in Multiple Contexts by Gill Robinson Hickman Pdf

The first book to bring together both leadership and change theories, concepts, and processes, Leading Change in Multiple Contexts uses a consistent framework and the latest research to help readers understand and apply the concepts and practices of leading change. Key Features Brings together leadership and change concepts and practices in five distinct contexts—organizational, community, political, social change, and global Draws from a wide range of classic and recent scholarship from multiple disciplines Includes the perspectives of change and leadership experts Offers real-life vignettes that provide examples of leading change in every context Provides readers with application and reflection exercises that allow them to apply leadership and change concepts to their experiences Leading Change in Multiple Contexts is designed for undergraduate and graduate courses in Change Management, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, and Leadership and Change offered in departments of business, education, communication, and public administration, as well as programs focusing on leadership, public policy, community activism, and social change.

Author : Jeff Hiatt
Publisher : Prosci
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Forandringsledelse
ISBN : 1930885504

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ADKAR by Jeff Hiatt Pdf

In his first complete text on the ADKAR model, Jeff Hiatt explains the origin of the model and explores what drives each building block of ADKAR. Learn how to build awareness, create desire, develop knowledge, foster ability and reinforce changes in your organization. The ADKAR Model is changing how we think about managing the people side of change, and provides a powerful foundation to help you succeed at change.

Author : Anthony F. Buono,David W. Jamieson
Publisher : IAP
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781617350887

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Consultation for Organizational Change by Anthony F. Buono,David W. Jamieson Pdf

This volume is a joint publication in the Research in Management Consulting and Contemporary Trends in Organizational Change and Development series. This dual focus reflects the reality that consulting for organizational change is a special type of management consultation, a complex field of endeavor that requires a broad range of skills and competencies. To be truly effective, change-related consulting requires a unique client-consultant relationship, a special set of consulting skills, an expertise in human and organizational systems, and significant personal qualities. It is in high demand in a world full of change. Yet, we still know relatively little theoretically about this type of consulting and have relatively little empirical evidence about what actually works and why. As the contributors amply illustrate, the Organization Development (OD) field has a well developed set of frameworks, technologies, and models of change. Still we need to focus on and learn more about the role of the OD consultant as a special kind of change agent. A goal of this joint volume is to increase that specific body of knowledge and provide an illustration of much needed collaboration in bringing all possible resources to bear on our understanding of an increasingly critical and essential form of consulting.

Author : Amir Levy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1986-09-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780313044236

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Organizational Transformation by Amir Levy Pdf

Organizational Transformation is the first book to analyze how organizations make it through difficult periods. Based on case studies drawn from a variety of industries, such as mental hospitals, schools, manufacturing companies, and the American Wildlife Society, this book offers practical advice on development strategies for managers and organization consultants. The book is divided into four sections, the first of which describes in detail the different approaches that have been developed to transform organizations. The second section describes and compares some of the basic strategies used in transforming organizations. The third provides the reader with a variety of theories and research on the topic, and the final section conceptualizes and integrates these theories.

Author : Henry Parada,Lisa Barnoff,Ken Moffatt,Mark Homan
Publisher : Cengage Learning Canada Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780176725976

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Promoting Community Change: Making it Happen in the Real World by Henry Parada,Lisa Barnoff,Ken Moffatt,Mark Homan Pdf

Give your students a text that will help them improve the lives of not only individual clients, but of entire communities, with Promoting Community Change. This text addresses the real world issues facing Canadian social work, human services, and community health professionals who want to take the theoretical discussion of community forward and realize tangible community changes. Students will learn to identify the issues related to change and discover exactly how they can become effective agents of change. The author team emphasizes the role a strengthened community can play in preventing and solving the problems that individuals and families commonly experience. Promoting Community Change teaches students how to organize empowering local actions bringing clients, families, and other community members into an active role in building a healthier community for themselves, their families, and their neighbours.

Author : Mark S. Homan
Publisher : Brooks Cole
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015041886345

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Promoting Community Change by Mark S. Homan Pdf

Professionals who want to turn their ethical beliefs into action should find that the book provides a solid foundation for community change.

Author : Marshall Scott Poole,Andrew H. Van de Ven
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 961 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198845973

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The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation by Marshall Scott Poole,Andrew H. Van de Ven Pdf

Presents cutting-edge theories and research from leading scholars on how to understand and manage organization change initiatives. Advances our understanding of change and innovation by establishing connections among theories from different fields and research traditions and by introducing new lines of inquiry. Organized around major models of organizational change to examine specific process theories and explore important extensions to these theories that have emerged over the past 25 years

Author : Andrea Schneider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Community policing
ISBN : LCCN:2003628114

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Community Policing in Action! by Andrea Schneider Pdf

Author : Elenore Long
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781602353190

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Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Local Publics by Elenore Long Pdf

Offering a comparative analysis of “community-literacy studies," Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Local Publics traces common values in diverse accounts of “ordinary people going public.” Elenore Long offers a five-point theoretical framework. Used to review major community-literacy projects that have emerged in recent years, this local public framework uncovers profound differences, with significant consequence, within five formative perspectives: 1) the guiding metaphor behind such projects; 2) the context that defines a “local” public, shaping what is an effective, even possible performance, 3) the tenor and affective register of the discourse; 4) the literate practices that shape the discourse; and, most signficantly, 5) the nature of rhetorical invention or the generative process by which people in these accounts respond to exigencies, such as getting around gatekeepers, affirming identities, and speaking out with others across difference.

Author : Patricia Spindel
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781773382463

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Changing Communities, Second Edition by Patricia Spindel Pdf

Experienced community organizer and professor Patricia Spindel provides a practical guide for producing change through community action and social activism in the updated second edition of Changing Communities. Spindel explores who has power in society and how communities can mobilize to create positive change by building capacity, developing community structures, and taking direct action to shift power relations. Outlining a practical approach to asset mapping, creating community economic development strategies, and critiquing some current approaches to community development, the chapters cover topics including the impact of corruption and the influence of powerful interests, community strengths and needs assessment, community-based research, various community development strategies, and the principles and some of the tactics used in community organization. Equipped with case studies and practical examples, this fundamental guide is an essential resource for students in community development, social service work, gerontology, and other human services and helping professions. FEATURES - Includes a community strengths-based assessment framework developed by the author, referred to as the Strengths, Assets, Challenges, and Opportunities Assessment (SACO) - Offers case studies and practical examples from Canada and the United States - Provides students with practical knowledge on how to build powerful coalitions, raise funds for grassroots projects, and deal with the press and social media, including how to write a press release