Appreciative Inquiry has touched and affected the life of thousands who apply its principles in a wide range of settings including industry, government, spiritual and not-for-profit organizations. The Advances in Appreciative Inquiry series advocates an organizational science that focuses on advancing a scholarship of positive human organizations, positive relationships and positive modalities of change, which promise to be of world benefit for individuals, organizations and communities. The book series is dedicated to building such a discipline through the advancement of Appreciative Inquiry as an approach to organizational inquiry and human development, and through the interdisciplinary articulation of non-deficit theories of positive change processes in human systems. Guided by the ethos of Appreciative Inquiry, the book series supports a relentless inquiry into the true, the good, the better and the possible. It is dedicated to advancing a "scholarship of the positive" and "positive scholarship." The book series aims to facilitate an emergent dialogue within the social sciences and to support innovative and challenging work. Setting the stage for the series, the first volume, Constructive Discourse and Human Organization, revolves around three main themes: We Live in Worlds Our Questions Create, Appreciative Discourse and Narrative, and The Design of Inquiring Systems. Table of Contents Introduction Advances in Appreciative Inquiry: Constructive Discourse and Human Organization; Cooperrider and Avital - PART ONE: EXTENSION OF RELATEDNESS - Ch.1 Appreciative Inquiry as Dialogue: Generative and Transformative; M. Gergen, K. Gergen and Barrett - Ch.2 Appreciative Inquiry in the Age of the Network; Stamps and Lipnack - Ch.3 What Knowledge Management Systems Designers Can Learn From Appreciative Inquiry; Avital and Carlo - Ch.4 Paradox and Organizational Change: The Transformative Power of Hermeneutic Appreciation; Thatchenkery - PART TWO: ACTIVATION AND ELEVATION OF INQUIRY - Ch.5 With Our Questions We Make the World; Goldberg Adams, Schiller and Cooperrider - Ch.6 Appreciative Inquiry and the Elevation of Organizational Consciousness; Whitney - Ch.7 Appreciative Narratives as Leadership Research: Matching Method to Lens; Schall, Ospina; Godsoe and Dodge - Ch.8 Toward a Pedagogy of Appreciation; Yballe and O'Connor - Ch.9 Ap-PRAISE-al: An Appreciative Approach to Program Evaluation; Norum, Wells, Hoadley, Geary and Thompson - PART THREE: NEW METAPHORS OF POSITIVE CHANGE - Ch.10 The Psychophysiology of Appreciation in the Workplace; Sekerka and McCraty - Ch.11 Underlying Ritual Practices of the Appreciative Inquiry Summit: Toward a Theory of Sustained Appreciative Change; Powley - Feedback From The Positive Question -- The Integration of Appreciative Inquiry With Survey Feedback: From Corporate To Global Cultures; Sorensen, Jr. and Yaeger - Ch.12 The Artful Creation of Positive Anticipatory Imagery in Appreciative Inquiry: Understanding the Art of Appreciative Inquiry as Aesthetic Discourse; Nissley - Ch.13 Sustaining positive change: Inviting conversational convergence through appreciative leadership and organization design; Mantel and Ludema - Ch.14 Appreciative Inquiry in Transformative Public Dialogue; Rodgers

Constructive Discourse and Human Organization (Advances in Appreciative Inquiry, 1)

Business & Money

David L. Cooperrider

Economics

Emerald Publishing Limited

Book by David L. Cooperrider, Peter F., Jr. Sorensen, Diana Whitney, Therese F Yaeger

Appreciative Inquiry: Rethinking Human Organization Toward a Positive Theory of Change

Diana Whitney

Peter F., Jr. Sorensen

Therese F Yaeger

Human Resources

Stipes Publishing

A truly revolutionary method of change management, Appreciative Inquiry (AI) emphasizes inquiry into strengths, rather than focusing exclusively on fixing weaknesses. Written by the originators and leaders of the AI movement, this accessible guide offers a practical introduction to the method, which has been used to significantly enhance customer satisfaction, cost competitiveness, revenues, profits, and employee engagement, as well as organizations' abilities to meet the needs of society. Full of exciting stories that illustrate its many applications and benefits, this is the most authoritative guide to Al. By using this change method to systematically tap human potential, organizations, communities, and individuals become more effective.

Collaborating for Change: Appreciative Inquiry

Management & Leadership

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

The Appreciate Inquiry Handbook contains everything needed to launch any kind of AI initiative, from a one-hour introduction to AI to a complete two-day program. Cooperrider, Whitney, and Stavros provide background information on what AI is and how it works, and offer sample project plans, designs, agendas, course outlines, interview guidelines, participant worksheets, a complete slide presentation, a list of resources and more. From abstract principles underlying AI to actual tools used in different settings, from detailed descriptions of AI interventions to practical tips to Classic AI articles, the authors have amassed in one place, in workbook form, all of the introductory concepts, examples and aids necessary to engage yourself and others in Appreciative Inquiry. Benefits • Offers a wealth of practical materials—project plans, interview guides, topic samples, case clippings, worksheets, and overhead transparencies. • As an aid to presentation, most of the above materials are included on the accompanying CD—which also includes PowerPoint presentation slides and Classic articles. • Authoritative: written by a co-founder of the Appreciative Inquiry change methodology, and two of its leading practitioners.

Appreciative Inquiry Handbook : The First in a Series of AI Workbooks for Leaders of Change (Book & CD)

Romance

Jacqueline M. Stavros

Contemporary

Crown Custom Publishing

Organizations in the twenty-first century will look very different from those we know today. Faced with an environment of unpredictable demands and a workforce of great cultural and ethnic diversity, organizations will have to find new ways to engage their members in a spirit of common purpose. This book offers a new perspective on organizational management that will enable executives to unlock an organization's potential for creativity, innovation, and collaboration. In sixteen original essays the authors demonstrate how appreciation - the act of recognizing and valuing all kinds of diversity, whether cultural, ethnic, or simply different and unusual styles of management - is the key to forging unity and purpose among individuals in an organization. They show, for example, how consensus and cooperation grow from members' understanding that their personal integrity and abilities are valued and will be integrated into the organization's culture. They describe the specific communication

Appreciative Management and Leadership: The Power of Positive Thought and Action in Organization (Revised Edition, 1999) by Suresh Srivastva, David L. Cooperrider (1999) Paperback

Suresh Srivastva

In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of one of the most popular change methods in the world, Cooperrider, Whitney and Stavros : 1.) track the recent changes in the field, including some of the longest-running AI change efforts; 2.) explain how AI has contributed to sustainability and the triple bottom line. The Premium Edition contains the illustrative CD-ROM. The AI Handbook contains everything needed to launch any kind of AI initiative, from a one-hour introduction to AI to a complete two-day program. From abstract principles underlying AI to actual tools used in different settings, from detailed descriptions of AI interventions to practical tips to classic AI articles, the authors have amassed in one place all of the introductory concepts, examples, and aids necessary to engage yourself and others in Appreciative Inquiry as a change process.

Appreciative Inquiry Handbook, For Leaders of Change, 2nd Edition

Processes & Infrastructure

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