Power of Appreciative Inquiry

A practical Guide to Positive Change

Diana Whitney, Amanda Trosten-Bloom

282 pages, parution le 06/02/2003

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Résumé

The Power of Appreciative Inquiry is a comprehensive and practical guide to using Appreciative Iquiry for strategic large-scale change. Written by pioneers in the field, the book provides detailed examples along with practical guidance for using AI in an organizational setting.

The most authoritative, comprehensive, and practical guide to this popular approach to large-scale change
Author Diana Whitney was a pioneer in the development and practice of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), and Amanda Trosten-Bloom was one of the first practitioners to use AI for large-scale change in a business setting
Introduces a menu of eight approaches to AI, illustrated by stories from a wide variety of business and not-for-profit organizations
Provides a detailed five-year case history tracking how one company used AI to improve its bottom line and create a new strategic direction and culture

Contents

What is Appreciative Inquiry
A Menu of Approaches to Appreciative Inquiry
Eight Principles of Appreciative Inquiry
Appreciative Inquiry in Action: From Origins to Current Practice
Getting Started
Affirmative Topic Choice
Discovery: Appreciative Interviews and More
Dream: Visions and Voices of the Future
Design: Giving Form to Values and Ideals
Destiny: Inspired Action and Improvisation
Why Appreciative Inquiry Works

L'auteur - Diana Whitney

Diana Whitney, Ph.D. is the president and founder (along with David Cooperrider) of the Corporation for Positive Change—an international center for Appreciative Inquiry education and consultation. Her clients have included British Airways, Cap Gemini Ernst and Young, the Department of Labor, Hunter-Douglas Window Fashions, GE Capital, GlaxoSmithKline, GTE (now Verizon), Johnson & Johnson, NY Power Authority, PECO, and Sandia National Labs.

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L'auteur - Amanda Trosten-Bloom

Amanda Trosten-Bloom is Director of Consulting Services for Corporation for Positive Change. She is a member of the Global Council for Appreciative Inquiry Consulting. Her clients have included Accenture, Front Range Community College, Hunter-Douglas Window Fashions, the Iliff School of Theology, McDATA Corporation, Providian Financial Services, SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, and the University of California at Berkeley.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Berrett-Koehler
Auteur(s)	Diana Whitney, Amanda Trosten-Bloom
Parution	06/02/2003
Nb. de pages	282
Format	15 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	460g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781576752265
ISBN13	978-1-57675-226-5