1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451112903321

Autore

Strachan Dorothy <1947->

Titolo

Process design [[electronic resource] ] : making it work : a practical guide to what to do when and how for facilitators, consultants, managers, and coaches / / Dorothy Strachan, Paul Tomlinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2008

ISBN

1-281-28542-0

9786611285425

0-470-28988-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

Jossey-Bass business & management series

Altri autori (Persone)

TomlinsonPaul <1942->

Disciplina

658.4

658.5/1

658.51

Soggetti

Group facilitation

Planning

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

PROCESS DESIGN: Making it Work; Contents; Acknowledgments; The Authors; Introduction; THEMES; ABOUT THE WORD PROCESS; ABOUT PROPOSITIONS; INVESTING IN PROCESS DESIGN; Part I: A STEPWISE APPROACH; Chapter 1: Six Steps; STEP 1. COMPLETE A PROCESS TERMS OF REFERENCE; STEP 2. BLOCK THE AGENDA; STEP 3. DEVELOP AND CONFIRM HOW THE AGENDA WILL FLOW; STEP 4. BUILD A PRELIMINARY DESIGN; STEP 5. CHECK THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN WITH OTHERS; STEP 6. COMPLETE THE DESIGN; PROPOSITIONS; Chapter 2: Guidelines for Process Design; MAKE UPSTREAM PREVENTION A PRIORITY; CURB THE "OVERS"

THINK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT EXPERTISELISTEN FOR MENTAL MAPS; APPROACH TIME CONSCIOUSLY; CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS LEARNING; RETHINK OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS; AND FINALLY...; PROPOSITIONS; Part II: THE PEOPLE FACTORS: PERSPECTIVES, POWER, AND VALUES; Chapter 3: The Perspectives Factor in Process Design; MINING PERSPECTIVES; GROUP PARTICIPATION STYLES;



PROPOSITIONS; Chapter 4: The Power Factor in Process Design; TYPES OF POWER; POWER AND COMMITMENT; USING POWER POSITIVELY; PROPOSITIONS; Chapter 5: The Values Factor in Process Design; ABOUT VALUES; A VALUES HIERARCHY

IMPLICATIONS FOR PROCESS DESIGNIN SUMMARY; PROPOSITIONS; Part III: DUE DILIGENCE: A PROCESS TERMS OF REFERENCE; Chapter 6: About a Process Terms of Reference; MAPS AND TERRITORIES; DEVELOPING A PTR; A COLLABORATIVE STANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES: DEVELOPING A PTR; PROPOSITIONS; Chapter 7: Understanding the Situation; SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR EXPLORING THE SITUATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES: SITUATION; EXAMPLES: SITUATION; PROPOSITIONS; Chapter 8: Developing a Focus; PURPOSE; SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING A PURPOSE STATEMENT; OBJECTIVES, OUTPUTS, AND OUTCOMES

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING OBJECTIVES, OUTPUTS, AND OUTCOMESPRACTICE GUIDELINES: PURPOSE, OBJECTIVES, OUTPUTS, AND OUTCOMES; EXAMPLES: PURPOSE, OBJECTIVES, OUTPUTS, AND OUTCOMES; PROPOSITIONS; Chapter 9: Stakeholder Collaboration; STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES AND CATEGORIES; SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES: STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION; EXAMPLES: KEY STAKEHOLDERS; PROPOSITIONS; Chapter 10: Core Assumptions; SCOPE; SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING ASSUMPTIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES: CORE ASSUMPTIONS; EXAMPLES: CORE ASSUMPTIONS; PROPOSITIONS

Chapter 11: Key ConsiderationsSAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING KEY CONSIDERATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES: KEY CONSIDERATIONS; EXAMPLES: KEY CONSIDERATIONS; PROPOSITIONS; Chapter 12: Work Plan; SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING A WORK PLAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES: WORK PLAN; EXAMPLE: A SIMPLE WORK PLAN; EXAMPLE: A COMPLEX WORK PLAN; PROPOSITIONS; Chapter 13: Governance; SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR DEVELOPING A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES: GOVERNANCE; EXAMPLES: GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; PROPOSITIONS; Chapter 14: Essential Documents

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS

Sommario/riassunto

Process Design: Making It Work helps process consultants, managers, facilitators, coaches, organizational development consultants?and anyone else who works with groups?to set up and deliver dynamic, creative process designs. Filled with illustrative cases, examples, and templates, this step-by-step resource is an invaluable aid when creating customized agendas and designs for situations ranging from basic meetings to complex, multiphased processes.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829872603321

Titolo

Human muscle fatigue [[electronic resource] ] : physiological mechanisms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pitman Medical

Summit, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co. (Medical Education Administration), 1981

ISBN

0-470-71542-1

0-470-71512-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 82

Altri autori (Persone)

PorterRuth

WhelanJulie

Disciplina

612.7/4

612.74

Soggetti

Fatigue - Etiology

Muscles - Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Human Muscle Fatigue: Physiological Mechanisms, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 9-11 September 1980"--P. [v].

Editors: Ruth Porter (organizer) and Julie Whelan.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Human muscle fatigue: physiological mechanisms; Contents; Human muscle function and fatigue; Glycolytic and oxidative energy metabolism and contraction characteristics of intact human muscle; Discussion; Muscle fibre recruitment and metabolism in exhaustive dynamic exercise; Discussion; Relevance of muscle fibre type to fatigue in short intense and prolonged exercise in man; Discussion; Effect of metabolic changes on force generation in skeletal muscle during maximal exercise; Discussion; The glucose/fatty acid cycle and physical exhaustion; Discussion

Shortage of chemical fuel as a cause of fatigue: studies by nuclear magnetic resonance and bicycle ergometryDiscussion; Indirect and direct stimulation of fatigued human muscle; Discussion; EMG and fatigue of human voluntary and stimulated contractions; Discussion; Firing pro- perties of single human motor units on maintained maximal voluntary effort; Discussion; Muscle fatigue due to changes beyond the



neuromuscular junction; Discussion; Contractile function and fatigue of the respiratory muscles in man\; Discussion; Neural drive and electromechanical altera- tions in the fatiguing diaphragm

DiscussionThe tremor in fatigue; Discussion; The pathophysiology of inspiratory muscle fatigue; Discussion; Fatigue in human metabolic myopathy; Discussion; General discussion; The perception of fatigue; Electricity or chemistry?; Chairman's summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject index