Download or read book Creating Contagious Commitment 2nd Edition written by Andrea Shapiro and published by Strategy Perspective. This book was released on 2010-01-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often, necessary and technically appropriate change initiatives fall short of expected gains because leaders fail to involve employees and leverage their perspectives. This deprives leaders of valuable input, and causes the very people who are expected to modify the way they work to feel discounted and disconnected. Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational Change presents a proven approach to turn this all too common situation around. It goes to the heart of effective change implementation and shows how to move employees from being apathetic or resistant to becoming committed advocates of a change. Creating Contagious Commitment demonstrates why many of the traditional approaches to change implementation (such as focusing on the easily measurable technical aspects or relying on mass awareness campaigns) don't work very well especially on their own. It explains the dynamics that contribute to successful change initiatives and how to use them, right now, in your own initiatives. The accessibility of the concepts and the practical strategies they provide make Creating Contagious Commitment a unique and powerful guide for change agents in any organization. Andrea Shapiro s clear and skillful blending of theory with useful examples brings these concepts to life in a way that appeals to anyone who is involved in change. Solidly grounded in organizational theory, systems thinking and real-world experience, Creating Contagious Commitment can be used as a stand-alone resource or in combination with the companion Change, Dialogue, and Action workshop with its interactive computer simulation, called the Tipping Point. It has been applied by hundreds of change leaders around the world in a wide range of organizations, from banks and hospitals to high-tech corporations, to make organizational change both contagious and sustainable. It is packed with diagrams, illustrations, and stories from the field many of them first-person accounts of applying its lessons. Visit CreatingContagiousCommitment.com to learn more. Praise for Creating Contagious Commitment It is very easy to have good intentions, and even easier to get advice from someone who has good intentions. What is hard is to recognize the landmines on the path to successful change. Creating Contagious Commitment helps identify and think about such obstacles before we encounter them, making the path to change more thoughtful and ultimately more successful. Dan Ariely, Ph.D., James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics, author Predictably Irrational It is only by effectively influencing people's beliefs, values and changing social norms that we can change behaviors that get us all to yes. Andrea understands this and clearly maps out how new cultural norms can be systematically embedded into any organization. This book is a must have in any change agent's toolbox. Peter Faill, M.Sc., Corporate Procurement Manager, Durham County Council, UK The Tipping Point is a brilliant computer model of change initiatives as they unfold in large, complex organizations. Change agents need to be informal, keenly aware of the different needs of different types of people, and committed to their purpose. This book shows what to do and what happens along the way, both in the model and in real life. Art Kleiner, author, Who Really Matters and The Age of Heretics

Download or read book Contagious Commitment at Work written by Andrea Shapiro and published by Strategy Perspective. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contagious Commitment at Work addresses a serious topic, managing organizational change, in a refreshing, lighthearted way. It gives a practical, holistic approach that is illustrated with real-world stories, cartoons, and informal diagrams. Contagious Commitment at Work provides leaders with a road map for involving employees in any new initiative. Illustrations and first-person accounts of applying the ideas give readers practical guidance to ensure success. With Andrea Shapiro’s “Tipping Point” model, I have a suite of materials to effectively guide change. Contagious Commitment at Work, with its wealth of stories, speaks directly to the leaders who ask for detailed examples from those who’ve gone before them. I’ve used Andrea’s work to cut months out of change deployments and dramatically improved my change adoption rates. —April K. Mills, Change Coach, Intel Corporation The ideas in Contagious Commitment at Work have been game changing in our approach in making change happen and delivering great results with our clients. This book is an engaging, no-nonsense, and straightforward read that highlights an effective and pragmatic approach to implementing sustainable change in organizations. It is full of examples, and it works! —Rob Kelly, Director, VA Consultants Global Contagious Commitment at Work provides a thoughtful and practical approach to managing organizational change. Andrea Shapiro explains how to use the levers of change to achieve the “tipping point” for change in our organizations. Easy to read and apply, her examples drive home key points on change management, identifying the pitfalls and the must-dos for a successful change. —Pam Weppler, Process Improvement Program Leader, Rho

Download or read book Creating Contagious Commitment written by Andrea Shapiro and published by Strategy Perspective. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational change is essential to anyone interested in the process of organizational change. It builds on the diverse resources in the Tipping Point computer simulation, which builds on lessons from public health, systems thinking and organizational theory. Creating Contagious Commitment simultaneously provides a solid foundation and helps the reader to think out-of-the-box to create contagious, sustainable change. Illustrations and examples of change initiatives bring the concepts to life and make it easy for the reader to apply them immediately to his or her own change initiative.

Download or read book E Government for Good Governance in Developing Countries written by Driss Kettani and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing lessons from the eFez Project in Morocco, this volume offers practical supporting material to decision makers in developing countries on information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D), specifically e-government implementation. The book documents the eFez Project experience in all of its aspects, presenting the project’s findings and the practical methods developed by the authors (a roadmap, impact assessment framework, design issues, lessons learned and best practices) in their systematic quest to turn eFez’s indigenous experimentations and findings into a formal framework for academics, practitioners and decision makers. The volume also reviews, analyzes and synthesizes the findings of other projects to offer a comparative study of the eFez framework and a number of other e-government frameworks from the growing literature.

Download or read book Performance and Productivity in Public and Nonprofit Organizations written by Evan M. Berman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revised edition of this accessible text provides a balanced assessment and overview of state-of-the-art organizational and performance productivity strategies. Public and nonprofit organizations face demands for increased productivity and responsiveness, and this practical guide offers strategies based on current research and scholarship that respond to these challenges. The book's comprehensive coverage includes: rationale for productivity and performance improvement; evolution of productivity improvement; the quality paradigm; customer service; information technology; traditional approaches to productivity improvement; re-engineering and restructuring; partnering and privatization; psychological contracts; and community based strategies. In addition to updating the examples of the first edition, this new edition also highlights the growing use of enterprise funds, partnership models of privatization, and web-based service delivery. Each chapter concludes with a useful summary and all-new application exercises.

Download or read book Performance and Innovation in the Public Sector written by Evan M. Berman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-22 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing for results is increasingly important for the success of public organizations. Performance and Innovation in the Public Sector is a comprehensive textbook that examines a broad range of performance strategies. Today’s public managers require a broad toolkit and a deep, current understanding of the following: performance management, digital government, collaboration, strategic planning, innovation, lean government, and managing people for performance. This book provides a thorough overview of broad paradigms and their emergence, practical strategies along with examples and up-to-date applications, and an appreciation for the diverse contexts of public organizations resulting in varied and tailored improvements. Each chapter assists students in applying each tool at work. Performance and Innovation in the Public Sector provides a balance of scholarship and practice, offers flexibility for instructors, and is written in an accessible style that students and professionals appreciate. This revised, much-anticipated third edition includes an increased emphasis on improving governance and innovation, as well as up-to-date examples that demonstrate best practices for performance in diverse public sector settings.

Download or read book Advances in Library Administration and Organization written by Delmus E. Williams and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book will examine the challenges that working administrators face and discusses how to enable them to look more closely at their operations and to reconsider how to develop people and the organizations in which they work. As in previous volumes of Advances in Library Administration and Organization, the studies outlined in the chapters of Vo

Download or read book Using Data to Improve Student Learning in School Districts written by Victoria Bernhardt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps you make sense of the data your school district collects, including state student achievement results as well as other qualitative and quantitative data. Easy-to-use templates, tools, and examples are available on the accompanying downloadable resources.

Download or read book NASB MacArthur Study Bible 2nd Edition written by Thomas Nelson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 2208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2 million readers around the world have had their spiritual lives enriched and their understanding of God’s Word expanded by The MacArthur Study Bible. Drawing on more than fifty years of dedicated pastoral and scholarly work, Dr. John MacArthur’s verse-by-verse study notes, book introductions, and articles display an unparalleled commitment to interpretive precision—with the goal of making God known through His Word. Features include: Fully redesigned second edition with updated study notes and expanded selection of maps and charts Nearly 25,000 verse-by-verse study notes 190 in-text maps, charts, and diagrams that illustrate the meanings, themes, teachings, people, and places of Scripture Outline of Systematic Theology Thomas Nelson’s complete cross-reference system, with over 72,000 references Concordance Bible reading plans Chronology of Old Testament Patriarchs and Judges Chronology of Old Testament Kings and Prophets Chronology of the New Testament Overviews of Christ’s Life, Ministry, and Passion Week Harmony of the Gospels Introductions to each major section of Scripture Index to Key Bible Doctrines Clear and readable NASB Comfort Print® 9.5-point typeface

Download or read book Contagious Generosity written by Chris Willard and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The general practices related to church funding aren’t producing the same results they have in the past. There is a general acceptance that something has changed but little talk or interest is coming from traditional church leader training sources such as denominational entities and seminaries. Pastors are largely left to their own devices to “figure this out.” They need a lifeline. While some churches are experiencing exponential growth, some churches - despite their best efforts - have been unsuccessful at moving beyond survival mode. Coupled with increased competition from other nonprofits and a decline in the commitment to give to the church first, churches risk losing the funding they need. A growing number of leaders are beginning to discover there is another way and are struggling to understand what makes one church generous and another not. There is a need in the market to offer a simple, working definition of “generosity” and reveal the “secrets” some church leaders seem to have simply stumbled upon which are resulting in unexplainable ministry growth and unprecedented church funding even in the midst of tough economic times. The content of this material was developed and refined by Jim Sheppard and Chris Willard through years of ministry leadership in the local church, consulting with church leaders across a broad spectrum of church settings, and through participation in and leadership of the Generous Church Leadership Community facilitated by Leadership Network. Of particular benefit will be the collection of observations and best practices gleaned during the Generous Church Leadership Community that originated within real-life church leadership situations and scenarios by highlighting specific challenges, methods, and successes.

Download or read book The Economics of Values Based Organisations written by Luigino Bruni and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the governance of values-based organizations (VBOs), which are organizations with a mission and identity based on ideals. Examples of VBOs include non-profit organizations, charities, NGOs, environmental, educational or cultural organizations, and social enterprises. The main objective of any VBO is to evolve and grow without losing its identity, which its survival is linked to in the medium and long terms. The focus of this book is the study of the relational and motivational dynamics during identity crisis, using critical mass models and Hirschman’s "exit and voice" framework. This book analyses the dynamics that arise in VBOs when the quality of the ideal deteriorates. On the basis of Hirschman’s "exit and voice" model, it analyses the factors that lead the best members – the intrinsically motivated ones who care most about the mission and ideals of the organization – to leave if their voice is ignored. We show that the possible cumulative effects caused by the "exit" of intrinsically motivated members can lead the organization to a process of deterioration. This book offers an analysis of these phenomena, which are usually studied in sociology or political science, by using an economic approach and the language of evolutionary game theory. By combining sociological politics and economics as a theoretical tool, we create a fresh approach to explore crises in organizations.

Download or read book NKJV MacArthur Study Bible 2nd Edition written by Thomas Nelson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 2080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2 million readers around the world have had their spiritual lives enriched and their understanding of God’s Word expanded by The MacArthur Study Bible. Drawing on more than fifty years of dedicated pastoral and scholarly work, Dr. John MacArthur’s verse-by-verse study notes, book introductions, and articles display an unparalleled commitment to interpretive precision--with the goal of making God known through His Word. The MacArthur Study Bible is available in the New King James Version (NKJV). Trusted by millions of believers around the world, the NKJV remains the bestselling modern “word-for-word” translation. It balances the literary beauty and familiarity of the King James tradition with an extraordinary commitment to preserving the grammar and structure of the underlying biblical languages. And while the translator’s relied on the traditional Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic text used by the translators of the 1611 KJV, the comprehensive translator notes offer important insights about the latest developments in biblical manuscript studies. The result is a Bible translation that is both beautiful and uncompromising--perfect for serious study, devotional use, and reading aloud. Features include: Fully redesigned second edition with updated study notes and expanded selection of maps and charts Nearly 25,000 verse-by-verse study notes 190 in-text maps, charts, and diagrams that illustrate the meanings, themes, teachings, people, and places of Scripture Outline of Systematic Theology Thomas Nelson’s complete cross-reference system, with over 72,000 references Concordance Bible reading plans Chronology of Old Testament Patriarchs and Judges Chronology of Old Testament Kings and Prophets Chronology of the New Testament Overviews of Christ’s Life, Ministry, and Passion Week Harmony of the Gospels Introductions to each major section of Scripture Index to Key Bible Doctrines Clear and readable Thomas Nelson NKJV Comfort Print® typeface 9-point print size

Download or read book ESV MacArthur Study Bible 2nd Edition written by Thomas Nelson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 2048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2 million readers around the world have had their spiritual lives enriched and their understanding of God’s Word expanded by The MacArthur Study Bible. Drawing on more than fifty years of dedicated pastoral and scholarly work, Dr. John MacArthur’s verse-by-verse study notes, book introductions, and articles display an unparalleled commitment to interpretive precision—with the goal of making God known through His Word. Features include: Fully redesigned second edition with updated study notes and expanded selection of maps and charts Nearly 25,000 verse-by-verse study notes 190 in-text maps, charts, and diagrams that illustrate the meanings, themes, teachings, people, and places of Scripture Outline of Systematic Theology More than 80,000 cross-references Concordance Bible reading plans Chronology of Old Testament Patriarchs and Judges Chronology of Old Testament Kings and Prophets Chronology of the New Testament Overviews of Christ’s Life, Ministry, and Passion Week Harmony of the Gospels Introductions to each major section of Scripture Index to Key Bible Doctrines

Download or read book Building a Contagious Church written by Mark Mittelberg and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mittelberg presents a proven process for raising the value of evangelism in your heart and in your church. He spells out strategies for training all of a church's members to naturally communicate their faith and offers ideas for initiating outreach ministries and events. Includes inspiring stories of lives and churches that have been changed as a result of these practical, biblical approaches.

Download or read book Managing Business Transformation written by Melanie Franklin and published by IT Governance Ltd. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand change - how to define clear goals and quantify the benefits. Plan and prepare for change - how to create a change plan, communicate it and manage the impact of change. Implement change - how to build an effective change team and obtain the buy-in of your staff. Embed the change - how to return to the new 'business as usual'.

Download or read book EBOOK Implementing Excellence in your Health Care Organization Managing Leading and Collaborating written by Robert McSherry and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second book in this practical, introductory series on practice issues in healthcare, explores the key issues and factors which influence the workings of a healthcare organisation and how these may be addressed through collaborative working and user focused care - at an introductory and practical level. The book will be presented in three sections: Working in Organisations Collaborative working User Focused Care The emphasis of this second text is on how the organization and those who work within it contribute to (both positively and negatively) the excellence of the healthcare organization and the care it gives. Rather than a theoretical tome on team working, leadership and change management, this book instead highlights and explores the tools and techniques that ALL healthcare staff need to be successful employees and managers delivering excellent care. The authors will outline and examine the evidence available for all areas covered, both to support and to critique excellence standards, and give a lively and practical introduction to the key organizational factors of a healthcare setting. Meaty topics abound, including: Management & leadership, ethics, equity, governance, user-involvement, team working, interprofessional excellence. The focus on multiprofessional working will make this accessible to a variety of healthcare groups. In keeping with the series, the book will include case examples, real-life practice and reflective exercises, as well as the theory needed to inform delivery of excellence. Contributors: Claire Brewis, Dr. Corrina Dickson, Dr. Lee-Ann Fenge, Karen Grimwood, Dr. Sarah Hean, Vanessa Heaslip, Jenny Kell, Melaine McSherry, Dr. Sabi Redwood, Lisa Smith, Kevin Stubbings, Jackie Tonkin, Katie Tucker

Download or read book Arabs and Israelis written by Abdel Monem Said Aly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lasting over 120 years, the Arab-Israeli conflict involves divergent narratives about history, national identities, land ownership, injustices and victimhood. Domestic forces and actors as well as international and regional dynamics have ensured the conflict's durability. A distinguished team of authors comprising an Israeli, a Palestinian and an Egyptian present a broader Arab perspective in this innovative textbook that offers a balanced and nuanced introduction to a highly contentious subject. Providing an overview of key developments in the history of the conflict, it explores attempts at resolution, before going on to portray the perspectives of the important parties. It places the events of the conflict within a regional and international context, providing an invaluable insight into the opposing narratives behind the conflict. The much-anticipated second edition of Arabs and Israelis includes: - Up-to-date coverage of key developments since the Arab Awakening, including the shifting pattern in relations from Obama to Trump, the Abraham Accords, the fall of Netanyahu and the resurgence of the war in early 2021. - Brand new 'Key Developments', 'Key Documents' and 'Key Figures' feature boxes to help students zoom in on landmark events, policies and actors throughout history. - Detailed full colour maps, timelines and photos to visually complement the text. - A rich companion website including interactive timelines and maps, discussion questions, chapter summaries and more. A comprehensive and engaging account of the Arab-Israeli conflict, it is the ideal companion for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level taking History, Politics and Middle Eastern Studies degrees.