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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450719703321

Titolo

Intentional change [[electronic resource] ] : a complexity perspective / / guest editor: Richard E. Boyatzis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006

ISBN

1-280-70577-9

9786610705771

1-84663-079-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Collana

Journal of Management Development ; ; 25, no. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

BoyatzisRichard E

Disciplina

370.114097

Soggetti

Management

Information resources management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; An overview of intentional change from a complexity perspective; The ideal self as the driver of intentional change; Why the real self is fundamental to intentional change; Positive and negative emotional attractors and intentional change; Working on the positive emotional attractor through training in health care; The evolving group: towards a prescriptive theory of intentional group development; Intentional change theory at the organizational level: a case study; Social capital and intentional change

National level intentional change: a story of two countries Call for papers;

Sommario/riassunto

In this e-book, each of the articles describes results and/or concepts driving current research studies on sustainable, intentional change.  Life is change and we adapt to survive or we change to strive, often towards higher social motives or building caring relationships. These changes can be called "intentional." Some are conscious and others are not (i.e., autonomic). But they are intentional, and as such are desired and purposeful. In accidental or imposed changes, we decide how will respond and in this sense, our response to the imposed or accidental



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