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Large Group Interventions: Engaging the Whole System for Rapid Change (Jossey-Bass Business & Management) [Hardcover]

Barbara Benedict Bunker (Author), Billie T. Alban (Author)
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0787903248 978-0787903244 October 8, 1996 1
Large Group Interventions presents a comprehensive overview of twelve of the most powerful methods of large group interventions in use today. This comprehensive guide describes the methods' origins, explores their differences and similarities, and presents vivid examples and case studies of each intervention method in action. Bring together as many as two thousand employees and customers in one location for activities as diverse as creating future direction, restructuring the organization, solving problems, and generating new ideas.

Large Group Interventions covers: **A brief history of large group interventions **The search conference **Real-time strategic change **Participative design **Large group dynamics Large Group Interventions is the first and only book to present and compare different large group intervention methods and describe the situations and conditions under which each might be used.

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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (October 8, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0787903248
  • ISBN-13: 978-0787903244
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #677,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Single Resource on Using Groups to Make Change, June 29, 2000
This review is from: Large Group Interventions: Engaging the Whole System for Rapid Change (Jossey-Bass Business & Management) (Hardcover)
Think of this as a reference work on major strategies for making change in organizations. Bunker and Alban give clear overviews of well-tested methods at three levels: strategic planning, smaller group level, and individual job level.

At the strategic level, for example, you can compare Future Search, Search Conference, Real Time Strategic Change and other approaches to help decide which might best suit a specific situation.

Bunker and Alban also provide references on each approach, so you can get more specific information.

My only complaint is that there should probably be a revised edition one of these days to keep up with new resources.

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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for practioner and "lay" person alike, November 2, 1998
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This review is from: Large Group Interventions: Engaging the Whole System for Rapid Change (Jossey-Bass Business & Management) (Hardcover)
Although parts of this book are aimed at the practioner, Bunker and Alban are so clear and straightforward in theory and example that their book is invaluable for anyone committed to innovative, effective organizational learning and growth.
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data assist team, large group methods, large group interventions, large group events, large group dynamics, minimum critical specifications, participative work, unit participants, search conferences
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Future Search, Participative Design, Strategic Planning Process, Real Time Strategic Change, United States, Fred Emery, Mercy Healthcare, Revere Ware, Real Time Work Design, Socio-Technical Systems, Merrelyn Emery, Eric Trist, Harrison Owen, Fast Cycle Full Participation Work Design, Kathleen Dannemiller, Large Scale Interactive Events, General Electric, Post-it Notes, Tavistock Institute, Law of Two Feet, New York City, Marvin Weisbord, Panama Canal, Robert Jacobs, Ronald Lippitt
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