1st Edition

Complexity and the Experience of Leading Organizations

Edited By Douglas Griffin, Ralph Stacey Copyright 2005
    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    The contributors to this book are leaders, consultants or managers in organizations who provide narrative accounts of their actual work and daily experience. They explore how the perspective of complex responsive processes assists them to make sense of their experience and so to develop their practice.

    Offering a different method of making sense of an individual’s experience in a rapidly changing world, this book uses reflective accounts of ordinary everyday life in organizations rather than idealized accounts. The editors’ commentary introduces and contextualizes these experiences as well as drawing out key themes for further research.

    1. Introduction: Leading in a complex world Ralph Stacey and Douglas Griffin 2. Leadership and the Role of Conflict in Processes of Mutual Recognition: The emergence of ethics Douglas Griffin 3. Leadership, Power and Problems of Relating in Processes of Organizational Change Richard Williams 4. The Role of Leader and the Paradox of Detached Involvement John Tobin 5. Values, Spirituality and Organizations: A complex responsive processes perspective Ralph Stacey 6. Leadership and Cult Values: Moving from the idealized to the experienced James Taylor 7. Executive Coaching and Leading Andrew Lee 8. Leadership, Learning and Skill Development Michael Shiel

    Biography

    Douglas Griffin, Ralph Stacey