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Appreciative inquiry : change at the speed of imagination / Jane Magruder Watkins, Bernard J. Mohr, Ralph Kelly.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Practicing organization development series ; 35.Publication details: San Francisco : Pfeiffer, 2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 318 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780470527979 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: "This book shows how the Appreciative Inquiry process helps OD and HR professionals tap into inspiring "high point" accounts of personal or collective capacity. This new edition puts the focus on how AI really works and adds guidelines on how to apply AI in a variety of organizational situations and for a variety of initiatives such as coaching, leadership development, strategic planning, and teambuilding. It contains tools and other resources to help with immediate use in the workplace and new and updated case studies that show how it really works."-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of Appreciative Inquiry offers OD and HR professionals a user-friendly resource for discovering how they can tap into the power of the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) process. An innovative process, AI is an effective way to work with a company as an organic system whose success depends on a holistic approach to connect that organization's human, technical, and organizational functions.

This new edition meets the challenge of making the AI process accessible and updates three key areas of the process: the theoretical basis, fundamental assumptions and beliefs, and the basic processes. It includes step-by-step guidelines on how to apply AI in a variety of organizational situations and shows how it can be used with a wide range of initiatives, such as coaching, leadership development, strategic planning, and teambuilding.

"If there's one book to read on AI, this is it. It provides the context and rationale for this paradigm changing approach to change at any level of system. Buy it, read it, use it and enjoy achieving great results and renewed energy and enthusiasm."
-- Barbara Sloan , director, Organizational Development and Learning, New York University, Langone Medical Center

"Appreciative Inquiry brings the freedom and creativity of AI together with the 'nuts and bolts' of how to actually do it all. It contains everything I would want to have as a fresh practitioner, from potential designs to sample questions and excellent Case Stories."
-- David Shaked , founder and CEO, Almond Insight, United Kingdom

"This book serves as a complete roadmap for those interested in the philosophy and practice of Appreciative Inquiry. The Case Stories encourage readers to find their own way on the journey by providing examples of successful interventions."
-- Terry Egan , professor, Management Studies, Pepperdine University

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book shows how the Appreciative Inquiry process helps OD and HR professionals tap into inspiring "high point" accounts of personal or collective capacity. This new edition puts the focus on how AI really works and adds guidelines on how to apply AI in a variety of organizational situations and for a variety of initiatives such as coaching, leadership development, strategic planning, and teambuilding. It contains tools and other resources to help with immediate use in the workplace and new and updated case studies that show how it really works."-- Provided by publisher.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Chart of Case Stories
  • 1 The Case for a New Approach to Change
  • The Emerging Paradigm
  • The New Sciences
  • Thinking About Problems Using the New Paradigm
  • 2 Appreciative Inquiry: History, Theory, and Research
  • Defining Appreciative Inquiry
  • A History of Appreciative Inquiry
  • AI and the Field of Organization Development
  • The Relevance of Appreciative Inquiry to Complex, Transformational Change
  • AI and the Challenge of Organization Transformation
  • Complex Change and the Two Gifts of Appreciative Inquiry
  • The Theoretical Basis for Appreciative Inquiry
  • Social Constructionism
  • The Power of Image
  • Social Constructionism + The Power of Image = Appreciative Inquiry in Organization Change
  • What Good Are Positive Emotions?
  • Case Story: Living Well with Dementia: Creating a Regional Strategy for the East Midlands (Julie Barnes and Jill Guild)
  • 3 Appreciative Inquiry as a Perspective for Organization Change
  • The âÇ£DNAâÇ  of Appreciative Inquiry
  • The Core Principles of AI
  • Are Principles Important?
  • The Five Original Principles Plus Wholeness
  • The Five Generic Core Processes for Guiding AIâÇôBased Change
  • Multiple Models of the Five Generic Core Processes of AI
  • The Original Cooperrider/Srivastva Model
  • The GEM Initiative Four D Model
  • A Fifth D
  • The Mohr/Jacobsgaard Four âÇ£IâÇ  Model
  • Skills and Knowledge Needed to Lead AI Processes
  • Case Story: Using the SOAR Framework at Aerospace Alliant International (AAI)
  • Case Story: The Results of Appreciative Management by a Corporate Manager
  • 4 Choose the Positive as the Focus of Inquiry (Define)
  • Define: Focusing on the Positive
  • Raising the Choice Point
  • Explaining and Demonstrating
  • Identifying the Focus for AI
  • Case Story: AI Stories from a Training and Technical Assistance Center (T/TAC): New Possibilities for Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities (Denyse Doerries, Donni DavisâÇôPerry, and Lori Korinek)
  • Case Story: From Deficits to Strengths: Six Sigma from the AI Perspective
  • 5 Inquire into Stories of What Gives Life to the System (Discover)
  • Rationale for the Use of Stories
  • A Preparation Workshop to Develop the Customized Interview Protocol and Decide on an Inquiry Process
  • Step 1: Select a Core Group and Possibly a Steering Team
  • Step 2: Orient Participants to the Goals of the Workshop and to Their Role in Meeting the Goals
  • Step 3: Quickly Get Participants into an Experience of AI
  • Step 4: Debrief the MiniâÇôAI Experience
  • Step 5: Share Highlights of the Interviews and Select Topics for Further Inquiry
  • Step 6: Create Questions to Be Added to the Four Generic Questions
  • Step 7: Develop the Inquiry Process
  • Interviewer Training
  • Conclusion
  • Case Story: Appreciative Living: Using AI in Daily Life
  • Case Story: Appreciative Life Coaching
  • 6 Locate Themes that Appear in the Stories (Discover)
  • Identifying Themes
  • Example of the Themes
  • A Process for Selecting Themes
  • Expanding the Dialogue
  • Case Story: Appreciative Inquiry at Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP): The LAUP/EDEM Dream Team (Terri Egan, Nancy Westrup Villarreal, and Daphne Deporres)
  • 7 Create Shared Images for a Preferred Future (Dream)
  • Articulating the Dream of an organizationâDzs Future
  • Examples of Ways to Facilitate Creation of Shared Images
  • Provocative Propositions
  • Case Story: Advancing the Safety and Quality of Care in the Emergency Department Over Time: A Story with Three Acts (Nancy ShendellâÇôFalik, Amy Doran, and Bernard J. Mohr)
  • Case Story: Appreciative Inquiry with a Search Committee
  • 8 Innovate Ways to Create that Preferred Future (Deliver)
  • Organization Design Processes
  • The Individual Action Approach
  • The Whole System Design Approach
  • A Design Framework: The ABC Model
  • Assumptions of the Inquiry Model
  • How to Use the Organizational Inquiry Model
  • Case Story: Building Momentum for Sustainable Changes in Education: Toronto District School Board
  • Case Story: Introducing Appreciative Inquiry into a Community Network Project in Liverpool, England
  • 9 Valuation
  • Classical Evaluation
  • Evaluation from Appreciative Inquiry Perspective
  • Learnings, Innovations, and Reaffirmations from This Case
  • Evaluation as an Integral Part of Any AI Process
  • Case Story: Valuation of the Effectiveness of AI for the Gambia Police Services Victim Support Unit
  • References and Bibliography
  • About the Authors
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Jane Magruder Watkins is a past chair of the board of the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science and a founding member of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting. She has more than thirty-five years in the field of organization development and has worked with a wide range of private, public, and government organizations, including Avon, GTE, Detroit Edison, SmithKline Beecham, ScottishPower, and more than 200 international organizations in nearly 50 countries.

Bernard J. Mohr is the author of many books and articles on collaborative organization innovation and design. One of the original pioneers in the field of Appreciative Inquiry, Bernard co-founded Innovation Partners International and co-created the NTL Institute Certificate in Appreciative Inquiry.

Ralph Kelly is a co-founder of Appreciative Inquiry Unlimited, a founding member of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting, and an Associate in the Taos Institute. He has over 35 years experience in the field of OD, and has worked with a rich variety of non-profit, faith-centered, government, private and academic organizations in over 40 countries.

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