Creating Paths of Change: Managing Issues and Resolving Problems in Organizations

by Bernie J Novokowsky, Will McWhinney, James B. Webber, et al.

Book Overview

Individuals, organizations and communities constantly engage in change. Creating Paths of Change provides the reader with a proven strategy for making changes and resolving issues more effectively. The book: addresses the problems faced in the daily operations of organizational life; provides a foundation and theory for effective and sustained issue resolution; and guides readers step-by-step through the change-making or decision-making process,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761910077
• ISBN13: 9780761910077
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.6" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

At last: the manual we were waiting for

This books contains it all: who, why, what and how to make effective, efficient, creative and committed change. Changes that last and last. Very practical, down to earth, yet based on a powerful and imaginative model. Don't read it, use it!

Everything you always wanted to ask about change, but ...

were afraid to know. McWinney shows in this "fieldbook" how any change process can be tackled. He convinced me how working with myself, the groups and the resources at hand can create better and longer lasting solutions. Not only to problems but also to the issues of problems that were very hard to solve. The book is a practicle guide to his "Paths of change" and should belong to every bookshelf that contains literature on change and social issues. One warning: this book is not about quick fixes and will only work for you when you are not afraid to venture where you thought you wouldn't dare to go.