Organisational Consulting - A Relational Perspective

Organisational Consulting: A Relational Perspective tells the stories of a group of consultants as they venture into organisations. Unusually, this exploration seeks to relate what really happens in the complex and dynamic world of organisations, rather than to fit the contributors' experiences into a preconceived model. This willingness to share the anxieties and challenges as well as the rewards of a consultant's reality makes this a refreshing and invaluable read. Every one of the contributors is a graduate of the Ashridge Masters in Organisation Consulting. Their stories are accompanied by essays from faculty members, outlining the core perspectives underpinning the programme: theories which view organisations as complex social processes, in which we all participate and where no one person is really in control.

ISBN 1904750141   DEWEY 658.46 ISBN13 9781904750147 (What's this?)   DEWEY edition DC22 Publisher Middlesex University Press   Pages 300 Imprint Middlesex University Press   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 288 Publication date 02 Aug 2007   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

Sect. 1		Introduction		1
Sect. 2		Advocating some theory- the faculty practitioner perspective		9
		Framing Bateson : conversation with Adrian McLean and Kevin Power		12
		Short stories about working with a gestalt perspective : conversation with Bill Critchley		23
		Towards relational consulting by Kathleen King		31
		Working from a complexity perspective : conversations with Caryn Vanstone (and Bill Critchley)		49
		Inquiry and reflective practice : conversations with Robin Ladkin		59
		Consulting from a dialogic orientation by Hugh Pidgeon		68
Sect. 3		Inquiring into practice - the graduate practitioner perspective		79
		Introduction - the inquiry process		81
		Kevin - as good as it gets		83
		Bill's postscript to Kevin's story - looking through six theoretical frames		97
		Jon - man not superman		100
		Bill's postscript to Jon's story - looking through six theoretical frames		111
		Dominic and Liz - not just doing the do		114
		Bill's postscript to dominic and Liz's story - looking through six theoretical frames		126
		Francesca - do consultants make a difference?		129
		Bill's postscript to Francesca's story - looking through six theoretical frames		139
		Bill - the Old Gestaltist and the Global Media Company		142
		Bill's postscript to Bill's story - looking through six theoretical frames		153
		Iain - consulting with conviction		155
		Bill's postscript to Iain's story - looking through six theoretical frames		164
Sect. 4		Concluding chapter - a punctuation in an ongoing inquiry		169
		John's story about a conference		171
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