The Wiggly World of Organization: Muddling Through with Purpose, Courage and Skill

ISBN-13: 9780367744656 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 310 str.

Chris Rodgers

Opis

This book offers a radically different way of thinking about, and engaging with, the irreducible complexity of organization and management practice, to help managers and others become consciously aware of what they already know deep down about how organization works and what they – and everyone else – are actually doing in practice.

Spis treści

Foreword By Dominic Mahony,  Preface: Waking People Up   1. The Wiggly World Of Organization: Taking Experience Seriously   2. Understanding The Wiggliness: The Complex Social Dynamics Of Organization   3. Management In Five Acts: Scientific Research And The Complex Social Reality Of Organization   4. Mastery, Mystery And Muddling Through: Getting To Grips With The Real-World Wiggliness   5. The Suffocating Grip Of Management Orthodoxy: Exposing The Generally Accepted ‘Truths’ That Inhibit Progress   6. Leading And Managing In A Wiggly World: Muddling Through With Purpose, Courage And Skill   7. Implications For Organizational Consulting: Influencing People’s Perspectives, Practices And Performance   8. Shifting The Patterns: A Manifesto For Muddling Through   9. Postscript: Perpetually Creating The Future Together

O autorze

Chris Rodgers is an independent consultant, speaker and writer on leadership, change and organizational dynamics. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and was previously a senior manager in the UK power industry. His first book, Informal Coalitions, was published in 2006.