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245 10 a| Productive workplaces :b| dignity, meaning, and community in the 21st century /c| Marvin R. Weisbord.;

250 a| 3rd ed., 25th anniversary.;

300 a| xli, 531 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| "The workplace classic, revised and expanded, including six new chapters and forty reader stories.";

520 a| "This third edition of the classic resource, Productive Workplaces is smart, well-written and well-researched, thoughtful, somewhat provocative, and a one-of-a-kind review of the integration of economics, technology, and people. It covers such topics as: the work on self as integral to organizational change; the revision of Lewinian concepts for a new era; and the history behind "getting everybody improving whole systems" as a response to fast change and increasing diversity (not the same as using any particular method). The themes, case studies (many revisited), and models are as relevant as ever."--Publisher's website.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-499) and index.;

505 0 a| PART ONE: Mythology and Managing. A Mythology of Organizational Change ; How I Learned to Manage by Managing. -- PART TWO: Searching for Productive Workplaces ; Scientific Management: A Tale of Two Taylors ; Taylor Invents a New Profession ; Action Research: Lewin Revises Taylorism ; Lewin's Legacy to Management ; The Transition to Experiential Learning ; McGregor and the Roots of Organization Development ; Theories X and Y for a New Generation ; Emery and Trist Redefine the Workplace ; Learning to Work in a New Paradigm. -- PART THREE: Learning from Experience ; Putting Action Research to Work ; Rethinking Diagnosis and Action ; Case 1. Food Services Turnover: Action Research and Human Resource Accounting ; Case 2. Chem Corp R&D: Managers Do Their Own Feedback ; Case 3. Packaging Plant: Operators Meet Expert Analysis ; Case 4. Solcorp: Expertise Can't Fix the Old Paradigm ; Managing and Consulting in Permanent White Water ; Involving Everyone to Improve the Whole ; Case 5. Medical School: Stakeholders Plan the Future ; Case 6. Printing Inc.: Getting the Report Out of the Drawer ; Revising Theories of What Works ; Making Systems Thinking Experiential. -- PART FOUR: Integrating the Past into the Present ; 21st Century Managing and Consulting ; Changing Everything at Once ; Teamwork in a Fast-Changing World ; Designing Work for Learning and Self-Control ; Future Search: The Whole System in the Room ; Cross-Cultural Future Searching. -- PART F IVE: Learning Then and Now ; Ten Cases Decades Later: What's Sustainable About "Change"? ; Changing the World One Meeting at a Time ; The Future Never Comes, It's Already Here.;

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650 0 a| Industrial managementx| Employee participation.=| ^A158423;

650 0 a| Quality of work life.=| ^A138078;

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Productive workplaces : dignity, meaning, and community in the 21st century / Marvin R. Weisbord.

Author/creator	Weisbord, Marvin R.
Format	Book
Edition	3rd ed., 25th anniversary.
Publication Info	San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2012.
Description	xli, 531 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Industrial management. Industrial management--Employee participation. Quality of work life.

Contents	PART ONE: Mythology and Managing. A Mythology of Organizational Change ; How I Learned to Manage by Managing. -- PART TWO: Searching for Productive Workplaces ; Scientific Management: A Tale of Two Taylors ; Taylor Invents a New Profession ; Action Research: Lewin Revises Taylorism ; Lewin's Legacy to Management ; The Transition to Experiential Learning ; McGregor and the Roots of Organization Development ; Theories X and Y for a New Generation ; Emery and Trist Redefine the Workplace ; Learning to Work in a New Paradigm. -- PART THREE: Learning from Experience ; Putting Action Research to Work ; Rethinking Diagnosis and Action ; Case 1. Food Services Turnover: Action Research and Human Resource Accounting ; Case 2. Chem Corp R&D: Managers Do Their Own Feedback ; Case 3. Packaging Plant: Operators Meet Expert Analysis ; Case 4. Solcorp: Expertise Can't Fix the Old Paradigm ; Managing and Consulting in Permanent White Water ; Involving Everyone to Improve the Whole ; Case 5. Medical School: Stakeholders Plan the Future ; Case 6. Printing Inc.: Getting the Report Out of the Drawer ; Revising Theories of What Works ; Making Systems Thinking Experiential. -- PART FOUR: Integrating the Past into the Present ; 21st Century Managing and Consulting ; Changing Everything at Once ; Teamwork in a Fast-Changing World ; Designing Work for Learning and Self-Control ; Future Search: The Whole System in the Room ; Cross-Cultural Future Searching. -- PART F IVE: Learning Then and Now ; Ten Cases Decades Later: What's Sustainable About "Change"? ; Changing the World One Meeting at a Time ; The Future Never Comes, It's Already Here.
Abstract	"This third edition of the classic resource, Productive Workplaces is smart, well-written and well-researched, thoughtful, somewhat provocative, and a one-of-a-kind review of the integration of economics, technology, and people. It covers such topics as: the work on self as integral to organizational change; the revision of Lewinian concepts for a new era; and the history behind "getting everybody improving whole systems" as a response to fast change and increasing diversity (not the same as using any particular method). The themes, case studies (many revisited), and models are as relevant as ever."--Publisher's website.
Local note	Little-359442--305131065123U
General note	"The workplace classic, revised and expanded, including six new chapters and forty reader stories."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-499) and index.
LCCN	2011029049
ISBN	9780470900178 (cloth)
ISBN	0470900172 (cloth)

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