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The Organizational Learning Cycle

How We Can Learn Collectively

By: Nancy M. Dixon

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The Organizational Learning Cycle

How We Can Learn Collectively

By: Nancy M. Dixon

An introduction to the complexities of object-oriented technology for those who plan, design, manufacture, and maintain large- scale business computer systems. Covers theory, history, applications, and the process of converting, migrating, or replacing existing systems with object-oriented systems. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Gower Publishing, Ltd.

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0566080583

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9780566080586

Perspectives on Dialogue: Making Talk Developmental for Individuals and Organizations

By: Nancy M. Dixon

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Perspectives on Dialogue: Making Talk Developmental for Individuals and Organizations

By: Nancy M. Dixon

There is a growing sense today that organizations and the people that make them up are, to repeat a figure of speech recently used by Robert Kegan, in over their heads. As diversity becomes the rule and change the sole constant, complexity is increasing. It is generally agreed that the only effective response to this complexity is development: both at the individual and organizational level. One frequently practiced but imperfectly understood developmental activity is talk. This paper looks at the relationship between talk and development in organizations, noting the ways that developmental talk--or, as it is often referred to, dialogue--differs from the skilled talk that goes on all the time. It also summarizes five views on dialogue as offered by leading theorists, offers a series of practical observations based on these views, and presents some examples of how dialogue has been incorporated into the work processes of organizations.

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Center for Creative Leadership

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1604918063

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9781604918069

The Organizational Learning Cycle

How We Can Learn Collectively

By: Nancy M. Dixon

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The Organizational Learning Cycle

How We Can Learn Collectively

By: Nancy M. Dixon

The Organizational Learning Cycle was the first book to provide the theory that underpins organizational learning. Its sophisticated approach enabled readers to not only understand how, but more importantly why, organizations are able to learn. This new edition takes the original concepts and theories and shows how they might, and are, being put into action. With five new or completely revised chapters, Nancy Dixon describes the kind of infrastructure organizations need to put in place; there are examples of knowledge databases, whole systems in the room processes and after-action reviews originating from organizations that are making real progress with these ideas. A clearer relationship between organizational learning and more participative forms of organizational governance is drawn, along with responsibilities that employees need to take on to enable, and partake in, collective learning. With new case material from BP, the US Army, Ernst and Young, and the Bank of Montreal, for example, this book shows how you can make use of the collective reasoning, intelligence and knowledge of the organization and channel it into its ongoing and future development.

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302

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Routledge

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1317022149

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9781317022145

Helping Leaders Take Effective Action

A Program Evaluation

By: Dianne P. Young,Nancy M. Dixon

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Helping Leaders Take Effective Action

A Program Evaluation

By: Dianne P. Young,Nancy M. Dixon

In 1991 the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) launched its LeaderLab program, with the goal of helping executives take more effective action in their leadership situations. This publication presents findings of a program evaluation that explored whether program participants took more effective action in their leadership situations. Data were obtained from a questionnaire of 29 participants and 38 nonparticipants; telephone interviews with 27 participants, their coworkers, and process advisors; and telephone interviews with 32 participants. The questionnaire indicated that participants were perceived as having made significant positive change on every category except "balance," and that this positive change was associated with increased effectiveness. The first set of telephone interviews showed that participants took the most action in the following areas: interpersonal relationships, organizational systems, coping with emotional disequilibrium, facilitating communication/listening, sense of purpose/vision, and balance/family. The control group made fewer changes than did the program participants. The second set of telephone interviews showed that participants favored the assistance of the process advisor, the program's structure, the visioning and action-planning exercises, the diversity of participants, and the artistic activities. An unexpected finding was that many participants came to the program with a reasonable amount of turbulence in their personal and work lives. They reported four types of turbulence that affected their ability to carry out action plans: general work-related, job-specific, personal, and psychological. Participants approached implementation from three different models: goal focus, vision focus, and process focus. Ten tables, 2 figures, a list of CCL publications, an index, and an appendix containing further information on outcome studies are included. (Contains 37 references.) (LMI)

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1882197186

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9781882197187

Encyclopedia of Montana

By: Nancy Capace

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Encyclopedia of Montana

By: Nancy Capace

The Encyclopedia of Montana contains detailed information on States: Symbols and Designations, Geography, Archaeology, State History, Local History on individual cities, towns and counties, Chronology of Historic Events in the State, Profiles of Governors, Political Directory, State Constitution, Bibliography of books about the state and an Index.

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Somerset Publishers, Inc.

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0403096049

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9780403096046

Art and Appetite

American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine

By: Annelise K. Madsen,Sarah Kelly Oehler,Nancy Siegel,Ellen E. Roberts

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Art and Appetite

American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine

By: Annelise K. Madsen,Sarah Kelly Oehler,Nancy Siegel,Ellen E. Roberts

Food has always been an important source of knowledge about culture and society. Art and Appetite takes a fascinating new look at depictions of food in American art, demonstrating that the artists' representations of edibles offer thoughtful reflection on the cultural, political, economic, and social moments in which they were created. Using food as an emblem, artists were able to both celebrate and critique their society, expressing ideas relating to politics, race, class, gender, and commerce. Focusing on the late 18th century through the Pop artists of the 20th century, this lively publication investigates the many meanings and interpretations of eating in America. Richly illustrated, Art and Appetite features still life and trompe l'oeil painting, sculpture, and other works by such celebrated artists as William Merritt Chase, John Singleton Copley, Elizabeth Paxton, Norman Bel Geddes, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Alice Neel, Wayne Thiebaud, Roy Lichtenstein, and many more. Essays by leading experts address topics including the horticultural and botanical underpinnings of still-life paintings, the history of alcohol consumption in the United States, Thanksgiving, and food in the world of Pop art. In addition to the images and essays, this book includes a selection of 18th- and 19th-century recipes for all-American dishes including molasses cake, stewed terrapin, rice blancmange, and roast calf's head. "--

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Yale University Press

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0300196237

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9780300196238

Epidemiology and the People's Health

Theory and Context

By: Nancy Krieger

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Epidemiology and the People's Health

Theory and Context

By: Nancy Krieger

This concise, conceptually rich, and accessible book is a rallying cry for a return to the study and discussion of epidemiologic theory: what it is, why it matters, how it has changed over time, and its implications for improving population health and promoting health equity. By tracing its history and contours from ancient societies on through the development of--and debates within--contemporary epidemiology worldwide, Dr. Krieger shows how epidemiologic theory has long shaped epidemiologic practice, knowledge, and the politics of public health.

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Oxford University Press

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0199750351

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Book's by Nancy M. Dixon

The Organizational Learning Cycle

The Organizational Learning Cycle

Perspectives on Dialogue: Making Talk Developmental for Individuals and Organizations

Perspectives on Dialogue: Making Talk Developmental for Individuals and Organizations

The Organizational Learning Cycle

The Organizational Learning Cycle

Helping Leaders Take Effective Action

Helping Leaders Take Effective Action

Encyclopedia of Montana

Encyclopedia of Montana

Art and Appetite

Art and Appetite

Epidemiology and the People's Health

Epidemiology and the People's Health

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