1st Edition
Working Whole Systems Putting Theory into Practice in Organisations, Second Edition
96 Pages
by
CRC Press
96 Pages
by
CRC Press
96 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Working Whole Systems offers a radical way of thinking about organisations as living systems. It provides practical methods for engaging with complex social and organisational issues that are applicable to any group wanting a new way to work. The book draws directly on the authors' experience in health agencies, housing, transport, local government, police and voluntary agencies. This second... Read more
Working whole systems - a brief summary. Metaphors - whole system approach using the metaphor of a living system to understand organisations. Principles - the principles of the whole system. Story - an example of what it is like to work from a whole system perspective. Transferability - examples of how the whole system has wide applicability. Partnership - ways of thinking about the purpose of partnership. Questions - commonly asked questions about the whole system approach.
Biography
Julian Pratt
