The Beauty of the Beast
by Bellman, Geoffrey M.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-03-13
Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Summary
Reviewing more than 30 years of work with organizations, Geoffrey Bellman offers his insight into the nature of these beasts in all their madness, mystery, wretchedness, and wonderfulness -- and points the way out of the whole chaotic mess. He suggests that by recognizing the beast in themselves, readers will feel less distant from -- and more responsible for creating and improving -- these troubling structures.Bellman combines the beauty and beast aspects of organizations into 20 renewal and redesign principles that teach how to embrace the organizational world while working hard to change it.
Author Biography
Geoff Bellman is an award-winning author. He is a founding member of the Woodlands Group and the Community Consulting Project, as well as a long-time member of the American Society for Training and Development and the Organization Development Network.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ix | ||||
| Part I Facing the Beast | 1 | (34) | |||
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3 | (10) | |||
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13 | (8) | |||
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21 | (14) | |||
| Part II Searching for the Beauty | 35 | (36) | |||
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41 | (12) | |||
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53 | (10) | |||
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63 | (8) | |||
| Part III Finding Beauty Within Beast | 71 | (52) | |||
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75 | (10) | |||
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85 | (10) | |||
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95 | (10) | |||
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105 | (18) | |||
| Part IV Renewing Organizations, Groups, and Individuals | 123 | (30) | |||
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125 | (10) | |||
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135 | (8) | |||
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143 | (10) | |||
| Conclusion: The Choices We Make | 153 | (4) | |||
| Related Resources | 157 | (2) | |||
| Index | 159 | (6) | |||
| About the Author | 165 |
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