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1027473
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b781843
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Napoli, David
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Organizational jazz : : extraordinary performance through extraordinary leadership /\ David Napoli, Alma M. Whiteley and Kathrine Selmer Johansen.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,, 2016.
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1 online resource
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1138402338
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: 131565640X
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: 1317324951
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: 131732496X
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: 1317324978
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: 1598757946
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: 9781138402331
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: 9781315656403
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: 9781317324959
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: 9781317324966
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: 9781317324973
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: 9781598757941
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097577106X
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1598757946
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9780975771068
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| Notes
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Originally published 2005 by Goshawk Publishing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE 'Organizational' Jazz; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 The Dance and the Music; Nature of Change; Closed change; Contained change; Open-ended change; Close to certainty; Far from certainty; Some questions to ponder:; CHAPTER 3 Mechanistic Management; Rules, Regulations and Procedures; Questions to ponder; Defined and Rigid Structures; Question to ponder; Detailed Plans and Budgets; Question to ponder; Rational Problem Solving Processes; Question to ponder; Single Loop Learning
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CHAPTER 6 Extraordinary Leadership WorkshopThe Workshop; Complex Adaptive Systems -- a Memory Jog; The Beginning -- What No Agenda?; The First Day; As the week Develops; Along The Path; Observations and Learning; Values, Feelings and Trust; Tension; Sustainability and Support from Organizations; Extraordinary Leadership Workshop -- Stories; The Magic Pebbles; The wheel and the Light; Maybe; Sir Christopher Wren; The 'Born Again' Participant; Back at the workplace and The Rusty Conveyer Problem; CHAPTER 7 PATOP; Philosophy, Assumptions, Theories of Organizing and Practices; Why Philosophy?
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Extraordinary Leadership: Communities of Practice, Networks and PartnershipsCommunities of Practice; Networks; Partnerships; Learning and Not Blame; Discovery; Performance Management from a Broad Base; Information Model of Organization; Part two; Vision and Values; Rules driven employee story; Values driven employee story; Trust and Support; Identity and Purpose; Personal Responsibility; 1. Submission to Authority; 2. Denial of Self-Expression; 3. Sacrifice for Unnamed Future Rewards; 4. A Belief That the Above are Just; Customer Focus; Points to ponder
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Performance Management from AboveA scenario to ponder; The Bureaucratic Structure; A scenario to ponder; The Attributes of Mechanistic Management; i) License to Operate; ii) Control and Limitation; Questions to ponder:; CHAPTER 4 Transformational Edge; Complex Adaptive Systems; Strange Attractors; Situation to ponder; CHAPTER 5 Extraordinary Leadership; Part one; Extraordinary Leadership: Performance = Direction + Willingness; Boundaries and Guidelines; Extraordinary Leadership: Relationships; Flexible Budgets to Guide
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The ThinkingThe First Question in PATOP; Rational Economic Philosophy; Applying PATOP to Rational Economic Philosophy; Socio-technical Systems Theory; Applying PATOP to Socio-technical Systems Theory; Using PATOP to test Assumptions; Using PATOP to Manage Change; PATOP for the workgroup; CHAPTER 8 Learning Through Reflection; The New Leader; Ten Conclusions; CHAPTER 9 Constraints -- Shackled by Bureaucracy; So what?; CHAPTER 10 Introduction to Stories -- ""The World of Experiences""; 1. Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DCBCT); 2. Mineral International; 3. The Whyalla Rolling Mills
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| Abstract
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It is obvious that the world is caught in the process of constant, rapid and unpredictable change. Such changes are challenging the time-honoured business models that we hold, as we strive to understand the changes around us and survive.This book offers a lens through which we search for new ways of thinking about, and working in our dynamic complex world. The search draws on the science of complex adaptive systems. Organizations of today need ‘Extraordinary Leaders’ who can ‘dance’ with these changes by embracing the principles of complexity science to create highly adaptable and inno.
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Industrial management.
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Leadership.
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Management.
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Success in business.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Leadership.
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Industrial management.
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Leadership.
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Management.
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Success in business.
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| Dewey Classification
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658.4/092
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HD57.7
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Johansen, Katharine S.
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Whiteley, Alma M.
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