The very nature of business transformation is a paradox. A fundamental principle of transformation and part of what makes transformation different than ‘change’ is that the polarization of mindset...
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09Feb
Organization Metaphors – Morgan 2006
Here are a set of slides that describe the metaphors posed by Gareth Morgan in 2006 in his book Images of Organisation to describe in more visual terms the...
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08Jun
Paradox : A Gestalt Theory of Change
by Herb Stevenson Underlying the application of Gestalt theory to organization development, consulting, and/or coaching is an approach that Arnold Biesser, M.D., characterized in 1970 as the paradoxical theory...
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11Apr
Transformational and Coercive Strategies for Planned Organizational Change: Beyond the OD Model
This paper challenges the universality of O.D. theory, arguing that it presents an incomplete model of organizational change. Two contrasting ‘theories’ of organization al change are compared and evaluated...
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