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Change, Conflict and Community: Challenging Thought and Action
Kenton, Barbara; Penn, Suzanne
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Description for Change, Conflict and Community: Challenging Thought and Action
paperback. Takes readers through the essential theory and hands-on practice of working with change and conflict by considering how we can increase our understanding of the tensions that often exist when change is present in the organization and how to work more effectively with the dynamic relationship between change and conflict. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 436.
The cost to business of unresolved conflicts is high; tribunals, loss of productivity, resignations and damaged reputations are serious consequences for all concerned. With increased organizational change in the form of changes in leadership, restructuring, downsizing, matrix management, mergers, acquisitions and systems changes comes increased political activity and the potential for either increased learning and growth or tension and unproductive conflict.
Change agents, HR practitioners and managers need to be skilled at empowering others to use or resolve conflict effectively for a more productive working environment and greater employee satisfaction. Change, Conflict and Community takes readers through the essential ... Read moretheory and hands-on practice of working with change and conflict by considering:
* How we can increase our understanding of the tensions that often exist when change is ever present in the organization
* How to work more effectively with the dynamic relationship between change and conflict
* How the idea of “community” can help us to work with the energy of change and human interaction
Barbara Kenton is a freelance consultant and Director of WHooSH Whole Systems Health. She is an experienced consultant, mediator, facilitator, coach and trainer with over 25 years' experience as a manager and development specialist working with individuals, teams and organizations both in the UK and internationally. She has published a number of articles on the role of the internal consultant and challenges facing those in HR. She is a qualified workplace and community mediator.
Suzanne Penn is an independent consultant, facilitator and coach with 20 years' experience in the HR and Organization Development field. She has worked as an internal and an external practitioner across all sectors and industries in the UK, mainland Europe and the US. A previous Assistant Director at Roffey Park Management Institute, she brings to this book particular expertise in leadership development, group facilitation, strategic HR and organizational change and culture.
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Routledge United Kingdom
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Oxford, United Kingdom
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About Kenton, Barbara; Penn, Suzanne
Barbara Kenton, FCIPD, MSc is a Freelance HR Consultant and Director of WHooSH, Whole Systems Health. She is an experienced consultant, mediator, facilitator, coach and trainer with over 25 years' experience as a manager and development specialist working with individuals, teams and organisations in the UK and internationally. An independent facilitator, consultant and writer since 2004, Suzanne's key areas ... Read moreof expertise include leadership development, group facilitation and team coaching, people management skills development, organizational culture, strategic HR and creativity and innovation. She was previously Assistant Director at Roffey Park Institute, focusing on senior and middle management development and HR and OD consultancy. Prior to that she was MBA Course Director at Roffey Park and is a lead tutor on their MSc in People and Organization Development Programme. Show Less
Reviews for Change, Conflict and Community: Challenging Thought and Action
Seeing conflict and change as a source for learning might sound nice, but is hard to accept in the realities of our professional lives. Understanding change and how we deal with change on an individual and organisation level, is an important topic for managers, professionals and especially those of us who work in the area of learning and people development. ... Read more I recommend this book to anyone who is as curious to improve our contribution to individual and organizational development Klaas Wassens, Director Executive Education & Development, RSM Erasmus University We cannot eradicate conflict and we cannot make change painless, but we can learn how to use natural tensions more constructively. This book offers new insights on the human side of change and helps business practitioners to understand that managing change is more than re-engineering a business process. Diane Moody, Head of Leadership and Change, ING Group Show Less