Book Reviews and Book Summaries by Eric B. Dent
Learning as a Way of Being by Peter B.
Vaill (1996). Joins the
chorus of others who are claiming that learning is the critical
skill for successful managers and employees in today's organizations.
The book provides a model for how that learning could occur.
Subsequent chapters then apply the model to topics such as leadership
and spirituality. Published in the Journal of Organizational
Change Management, 1997, vol. 10, no. 4
Polarity Management by Barry
Johnson (1992). Claims that today's "problems" are really not problems to
be solved but polarities to be managed. If we don't manage them
correctly, we will vacillate between the poles of, for example, innovation
and tradition, building up factions which favor each. Published in
the Channel Marker [OD
Network publication]. August, 1997. Vol. 11, No. 7, pps. 12-13.
The Unshackled
Organization by Jeffrey Goldstein (1994), published in Journal
of
Organizational Change Management, 1996
Date Last Updated: October 22,
1997
Eric B. Dent edent@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu