Managing Value in Organisations: New Learning, Management, and Business Models. Donal Carroll

ISBN-13: 9781138271258 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 302 str.

Donal Carroll

Opis

If change was a song it would be: 'Ready or not, here I come. You can’t hide...' But when change finds you, can you generate new ideas to meet its challenges? Enable the necessary staff commitment? What are your barriers to development? Managing Value in Organisations offers new ideas, starting by acknowledging that old thinking is now the first barrier to progress. It experiments with value creation to build a climate where new ideas have a chance to live. Those succeeding have the right mind-set: using new ways to organise effort, thinking and value, to produce independent self-managing staff, commitment, growth and agility. The author, Donal Carroll, worked with five organizations to create new management, business and learning models that multiply trust, ensure significant collective learning and deeper customer insight. He provides evidence that, together, these models get organisations to their next stage of development faster.

Recenzje

Managing Value in Organisations was shortlisted in the Management and Leadership Textbook category of the CMI Management Book of the Year competition 2013. CMI consider the shortlisted and winning books as Management Gold. 'Managing Value in Organisations is a terrific read. Donal Carroll offers a fresh perspective on organisation change, combining his experience as a consultant with a deep knowledge of theory and an irreverent and iconoclastic style. In Donal's world, there are no simple recipes - change is a journey, it requires experimentation, learning and self-reflection, and it happens most effectively when we are mindful of the tensions and trade-offs we are grappling with. If you are looking to shake up your workplace, this book provides a wealth of ideas and tools to help you.' Julian Birkinshaw, London Business School, UK 'Traditional approaches to the management of change at best produce results too slowly. Carrol offers an approach which enables faster adaptation to today's nasty surprise. Enormously valuable' Richard Chambers, lately Principal, Lambeth College, UK 'Entertaining and informative, this book aimed at "practical visionaries" has major relevance for third sector organisations facing significant challenges. The focus on value creation through integration of the three models of management, learning and business has an intuitive appeal as well as demonstrating its practical application. I found it a seriously entertaining consideration of managing complexity in uncertain times, providing a modern paradigm which challenges traditional management thinking. The use of the models as self improvement tools creates an innovative way of organisations understanding themselves and giving a sense of direction.' Jan Jenkins, Director, Blenheim CDP ’...eloquent, witty and jargon-free...’ Time Higher Education (THE) 'In this book Donal Carroll explores so many layers of learning, including: his own encyclopaedic knowledge of modern management t

Spis treści

About the Author; Preface; Part 1 The Background; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Purpose, the Organisations, the Journey, the Start; Chapter 3 Context; Chapter 4 Research Method or Inquiry Approach; Part 2 The Old and New Approaches; Chapter 5 The Old Approach; Chapter 6 The New Approach; Part 3 The Application; Chapter 7 Applying the New Models; Chapter 8 What Occurred and What We Learned; Chapter 9 Conclusions and Benefits; Chapter 10 Free Transfer; Chapter 11 The Journey; Chapter 12 Techniques Appendices;

O autorze

Donal Carroll was born in the Republic of Ireland, left school early, did a TV engineering apprenticeship and after graduating as a mature student, his first post was teaching modern poetry at Clare College, Cambridge. He worked for over 20 years as a teacher and manager in Further Education, forming Critical Difference Consultancy in 1998. He has worked with many organisations in all sectors including NEC, Lucas, Ranger Oil, Lufthansa, NHS and over 100 Learning and Skills Providers. He has also worked for 10 years for the Open University Business School on their MBA programme ’Creativity, innovation and change’ and is a poet, writer, blogger and tweeter on education and management issues. Throughout his work as a teacher, manager and consultant, he has remained committed to developing critical, creative, independent individuals, teams and organisations.