Societal Learning and Change: How Governments, Business and Civil Society Are Creating Solutions to Complex Multi-Stakeholder Problems

ISBN-13: 9781874719939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 164 str.

Waddell, Steve

Opis

Constructing roads in Madagascar; forestry along Canada's Pacific Coast; water and sanitation projects in South Africa; community banking in the United States; constructing a new global system for corporate reporting. These all have something in common. They provide great illustrations of the types of profound and wise changes needed in the way we run our affairs if we are to respond to the scale of environmental and social challenges and opportunities facing us. They are examples of societal learning and change. Today, this phenomenon is occurring across industries as diverse as resources extraction, infrastructure development, agriculture and information technology at the local, national, regional and global levels. Its essence involves the ability to create rich relationships that bridge large differences. This book describes this phenomenon for practitioners to help them address issues and develop opportunities more effectively.

Spis treści

1. Responding to crisis and opportunity2. Where does the SLC concept come from?3. The case studies - Amanz'abantu and water systems in South Africa - Transforming forestry in Canada - Centre for Technology Development and economic development in India - The Global Reporting Initiative and corporate transformation - Madagascar road-building - Rice production in the Philippines - Community-bank innovation in the US - The Access Initiative/Partnership for Principle 10 for global environmental decision-making4. What is changing?5. What are the change rationales and motivations?6. What is the change process?7. What are the SLC structures?8. What are the SLC lessons?9. SLC: a growth industry

O autorze

Steve Waddell