Rethink : growth and learning through coaching and organisational development / edited by Natalie Cunningham.

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Other Authors: Cunningham, Natalie (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Randburg : Knowres Publishing, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright Page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION TO RETHINK; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 1: A COMPLEXITY APPROACH TO ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT by Lisa Kimball & Louise van Rhyn; INTRODUCTION; THE COMPLEXITY LENS CHANGES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT AN ORGANISATION IS AND, THEREFORE, HOW IT CHANGES AND DEVELOPS; THE COMPLEXITY LENS PROVIDES A NEW WAY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ORGANISATIONAL CHALLENGES; THE COMPLEXITY LENS SUGGESTS THAT SMALL CHANGES OR INTERVENTIONS CAN GENERATE BIG EFFECTS.
  • THE COMPLEXITY LENS IDENTIFIES THE EDGE OF CHAOS AS THE POINT WHERE SYSTEMS ARE MOST ADAPTABLE AND CREATIVETHE COMPLEXITY LENS SHOWS HOW A SMALL SET OF SIMPLE RULES CONTRIBUTES TO PURPOSEFUL, COMPLEX, AND DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR; THE COMPLEXITY LENS SUGGESTS SOME KEY PRINCIPLES FOR ENTERING AND WORKING WITH AN ORGANISATION; THE COMPLEXITY LENS IMPACTS ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE; THE COMPLEXITY LENS CHANGES WHAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO AND HOW WE PRACTISE; CONCLUSION; References; CHAPTER 2 NARRATIVE APPROACHES TO COACHING by Eileen Thayser; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER OUTLINE.
  • GENESIS OF NARRATIVE APPROACHESNARRATIVE APPROACHES TO COACHING; NARRATIVE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES: AN ATTEMPT AT AN INTEGRATION OF PRACTICES; WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL DOWNSIDES OF NARRATIVE COACHING?; CONCLUSION; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 THE GESTALT APPROACH TO ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE by Chantelle Wyley; INTRODUCTION; THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF GESTALT ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT (OD)4; THE PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF GESTALT OD; GESTALT OD MODELS AND TECHNIQUES: THE "SCIENCE" OF GESTALT; THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GESTALT OD: THE "ART" OF GESTALT; CONCLUSION.
  • CHAPTER 5 SOCIAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND ITS RELEVANCE TO ORGANISATIONAL PRACTICES by Natalie CunninghamINTRODUCTION: IMPORTANCE OF NEUROSCIENCE WITH REGARD TO ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY; THE HISTORY OF NEUROSCIENCE; PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF NEUROSCIENCE; UNDERSTANDING THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS IN NEUROSCIENCE; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS THEORY FOR ORGANISATIONS AND LEADERS; DISPELLING OF NEUROMYTHS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES AND ENDNOTES; CHAPTER 6 A GROUP COACHING APPROACH TO LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT by Alison Reid; INTRODUCTION.