University level text. Some complex problems simply do not have "solutions." The key to being an effective leader is being able to recognize and manage such problems. Polarity Management presents a unique model and set of principles that will challenge you to look at situations in new ways. Also included are exercises to strengthen your skills, and case studies to help you begin applying the model to your own unsolvable problems.
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For the past 35 years, Barry Johnson has been working to help create organizations that are good places to work, to own, to do business with and to have in the community. In the process he has founded 5 organizations. Barry is regarded as both an effective consultant and leading thinker in the management field. The Polarity Management Map® and initial set of principles emerged out of his work in 1975. Since then he has continued to develop the map, principles with a variety of organizations all over the world. Barry's title Polarity Management is his work with polarities (dilemmas, paradox) and presents a unique model and set of principles based on that will challenge you to look at situations in new ways. Polarity Management is a top selling and widely referenced University level text that is applicable for both higher education and corporate learning.
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Johnson presents a clear path to understanding and managing the dilemmas of our modern and post-modern society. He provides a method of mapping a polarity (or paradox or dilemma) that bridges into systems thinking. Once you get what he is saying, you will never see the world the same. Do not be fooled by the simplicity of this - Johnson shares great truths needed today. I cannot imagine how this book has remained the best-kept secret in management and systems thinking.
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Polarity Management is one of my favorite "business" books of all time. Johnson's theory, which explains the dynamics of polarized issues, is so simple yet so comprehensive. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand why major issues can be so divisive and how we can move forward when we seem to be at a standstill.
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This book really shows how we become stuck in dilemmas and static thinking, and how we can instead move at one with change. I am finding it tremendously helpful in analyzing entrenched organizational dysfunction that persists in spite of the efforts of well-meaning managers.
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Very short - good to think about
This is a good short book to read if you're interested in management techniques, polarity management is an interesting concept.
Published 26 days ago by Lori
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Essential
This is an essential tool for any leader in managing organizational or group issues of any size. Many issues in organizations are not problems to solve, but issues to manage.
Published 2 months ago by David A. Weikel
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Recommended for all change managemnt professionals
I chose this rating based upon usable material. I must say I have never considered the concepts presented in this book and probably would have been better off had I done so! Read more
Published 3 months ago by M.J. Beatty
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I have to post a sentence that requires this many words. Why does it need so many words for this?
Published 3 months ago by Heather Roman
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It's Not Either/Or; It's Both/And
Barry Johnson's book heightens the readers' awareness of polarities that play themselves out in our everyday lives. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jim L. Battin
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Much Less Complicated Than Expected, a Great Workbook
I bought this back in December 2011 when I was scrounging around for books on panarchy (see for instance, Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Robert David STEELE Vivas
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New perspective
Even with all the management books and textbooks I've read over the past 25 years, I've never read about polarity management before. Read more
Published on January 2, 2011 by Cathy from Montana
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Dynamic tension
I was recommended this book as a fresh approach to looking at problems that are often associated with conflict and deemed insolvable. Read more
Published on December 5, 2009 by Simon Dodds
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Polarity Management - Essential wisdom for business
Polarity Management lays out the fundamental choices management must make to assure organizations stay in the "virtuous cycle" instead of over-emphasizing one choice at the expense... Read more
Published on July 4, 2009 by Inquiring Mind
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Self-evident
If it has never dawned on you that people are different, perhaps this book will help. Otherwise, there's little here that anyone who has thought ten minutes (well, ok, maybe... Read more
Published on August 28, 2008 by Evergreen
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