Creating Strategic Change: Designing the Flexible, High-Performing OrganizationPasmore has brought over 20 year's worth of expertise to thisconceptually sophisticated yet practical guide concerned withorganization design and change. Concentrates on implementation andhow organizational planning and transformation efforts can improveperformance productivity. Features extensive cases and examplesdeveloped by the author from his consulting work at enterpriseslike Proctor & Gamble, TRW, Goodyear, General Foods and othercompanies. |
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Page 274 - Press. Cooperrider, DL, Sorensen, PF, Whitney, D., & Yaeger, TF (2000). Appreciative inquiry: Rethinking human organization toward a positive theory of change. Champagne, IL: Stipes. Cooperrider, DL, & Srivastva, S. (1987). Appreciative inquiry in organizational life. In: WA Pasmore & RW Woodman (Eds), Research in Organization Change and Development (Vol. 1, pp. 129-169). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
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