Jane Magruder Watkins, Bernard J. Mohr, Ralph Kelly.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Second edition.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 318 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Practicing organization development series ;
Volume Designation
35.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The case for a new approach to change -- Appreciative inquiry : history, theory, and practice -- Appreciative inquiry as a perspective for organization change -- Choose the positive as the focus of inquiry (define) -- Inquire into stories of what gives life in the system (discover) -- Locate themes that appear in the stories (discover) -- Create shared images for a preferred future (dream) -- Innovate ways to create that preferred future (deliver) -- Valuation.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book shows how the Appreciative Inquiry process helps OD and HR professionals tap into inspiring "high point" accounts of personal or collective capacity. This new edition puts the focus on how AI really works and adds guidelines on how to apply AI in a variety of organizational situations and for a variety of initiatives such as coaching, leadership development, strategic planning, and teambuilding. It contains tools and other resources to help with immediate use in the workplace and new and updated case studies that show how it really works."-- Provided by publisher.