{"product_id":"balancing-acts-a-human-systems-approach-to-organizational-change-hardback-9781487540272","title":"Balancing Acts; A Human Systems Approach to Organizational Change (Hardback) 9781487540272","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBalancing Acts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Human Systems Approach to Organizational Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Conklin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487540272\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 October 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 15 figures and 13 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15 x 3.3 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBalancing Acts\u003c\/em\u003e offers consultants and managers a simple, powerful way to think about change, and ascribes a four-phase iterative process for implementing change. Reviewing change initiatives from different types of organizations, \u003ci\u003eBalancing Acts\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the problems and pitfalls head-on that often arise during workplace transitions. Conklin explains why organizational change can be so difficult, and shows that by balancing a set of competing psychological and systemic challenges, interveners will increase their chance of success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConklin shows that human groups function as complex systems, and that a change initiative is not a linear progression toward a predefined result. Instead, change is an iterative process that involves a search for feasible and useful solutions. The book\u0026amp;#x2019;s central argument is that while leading or supporting this search, consultants and leaders must balance four critical concerns: confrontation and compassion, participation and observation, assertion and inquiry, and planfulness and emergence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003ePart One: Thinking About Change\u003cbr\u003e1.Terms of Art\u003cbr\u003e2. Doing Things to People and Doing Things with People\u003cbr\u003e3. Searching for Answers\u003cbr\u003ePart Two: The Doing of Change\u003cbr\u003e4. The Relationship Between Interventionists and Stakeholders\u003cbr\u003e5. Creating a Contract with your Client\u003cbr\u003e6. Exploring the Client System\u003cbr\u003e7. Making Sense of Things\u003cbr\u003e8. Implementing and Evaluating the Intervention\u003cbr\u003e9. The Ethics of Intervention\u003cbr\u003e10. Changing the Future of Planned Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rotman-UTP Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595785761048,"sku":"9781487540272","price":23.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/balancing-acts-a-human-systems-approach-to-organizational-change-hardback-9781487540272","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}