The Dance of Change: The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations (A Fifth Discipline Resource): The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum ... Organizations (A Fifth Discipline Resource) [IMPORT] (Paperback)

~ Peter M. Senge (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd (April 15, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 1857882431
• ISBN-13: 978-1857882438
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #405,408 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this $4.95 eBook, July 7, 2005

By	Y. HUANG - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Dance of Change : The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations (Digital)

The $4.95 eBook is not digital edition of Peter Senge's book. It is merely a 14-page introduction to the book.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Long-Term Perspective on Change Management, September 14, 2004

By	Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Dance of Change : The Challenges of Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations (Digital)

Of the FIFTH DISCIPLINE SERIES books, THE DANCE OF CHANGE is by far the most important for you to understand. THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE and THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE FIELDBOOK are wonderful, valuable books, but they largely avoid the tough question of how to sustain a Learning Organization initiative. Based on lots of experiences in different companies, THE DANCE OF CHANGE is the most realistic, thorough, thoughtful work on achieving large-scale organizational change that has ever been my pleasure to read. I immediately found it helpful in overcoming some of my bad habits (including falling in love with my own jargon rather than using common English). Since I first read the book about 9 months ago, I have found it affecting my consulting practice by causing me to focus more on lasting change, than immediate change. That's an important lesson for everyone. Like THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE FIELDBOOK, THE DANCE OF CHANGE allows you to focus on the areas where you need help the most. The beginning is a wonderful systems-dynamic analysis of how successful change occurs, and how it can be derailed. Like THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE FIELDBOOK, you do not need to read THE DANCE OF CHANGE from front to back. I found myself skipping around, and enjoyed the experience. Even if you do not want to have a Learning Organization, you will find THE DANCE OF CHANGE very valuable for giving you direction on how to achieve permanent, valuable changes. On the subject of achieving the strategy you wish to implement, I strongly urge you to also read THE BALANCED SCORECARD. These books are good complements to each other. For picking up on your most important issues, you will find Peter Drucker's MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY to be invaluable.