1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963123803321

Autore

Andrews Matt

Titolo

Development as leadership-led change : a report for the Global Leadership Initiative / / Matt Andrews, Jesse McConnell, Alison Wescott; [foreword, J. Edgardo Campos]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2010

ISBN

9786612725661

9781282725669

1282725661

9780821384220

0821384228

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 75 pages : illustrations ; ; 25 cm

Collana

World Bank study

Altri autori (Persone)

McConnellJesse

WescottAlison

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Leadership - Developing countries

Organizational change - Developing countries

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

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1: Introduction; 2: Development as Change; 3: Leadership and Change: Theory and Propositions; 4: Examining Our Propositions: A Method; 5: Examining Leadership-led: Change Propositions:: Results and Discussion; 6: Conclusions, and a Case for More: Leadership Work in Development; Appendixes; References; Eco-Audit: Environmental Benefits Statement; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Development involves change, but many development initiatives produce unimpressive results. The authors ask why and consider how to close the gap between the intended change and what we actually see in the evidence. This paper presents the findings of a study, initiated by the multi-donor Global Leadership Initiative and led by the World Bank Institute, to examine leadership in the change processes of fourteen capacity development interventions in eight developing countries, through 140 in-depth structured interviews. It explores what it takes to make change happen and in particular, the role leadership plays in



effecting change. The authors propose that leadership contributes to change when it builds "change space" by fostering acceptance for change, granting authority for change, introducing or freeing the abilities necessary to achieve change. This "change space" is required to ensure contextual readiness for change and foster progress through the difficult stages of the change process. An analytical framework is introduced to illustrate the dimensions of this "change space" and its limits in organizational and social change. The authors argue that a lack of "change space" in many development contexts may be overlooked, contributing to failure. The paper concludes that leadership manifests in different ways in different contexts, depending on the contextual readiness and factors that shape change and leadership opportunities; but the key characteristics of plurality, functionality, problem orientation and "change space" creation are likely to be common to all successful leadership-led change events.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968868603321

Autore

Pollack Barbara

Titolo

Dance is a moment : a portrait of Jose Limon in words and pictures / / Barbara Pollack, Charles Humphrey Woodford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pennington, NJ, : Princeton Book Co., c1993

ISBN

0-87127-277-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

WoodfordCharles

Disciplina

792.8/028/092 B

Soggetti

Dancers - United States

Choreographers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Dance Horizons book."

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Life; Work; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B

Sommario/riassunto

Dance is a Moment captures Limón's personality and achievements through a combination of narrative, direct quotations and stunning photography. The portrait is divided according to the spheres of his life: Part I, Life, is biographical and traces Limón from revolution-torn



Mexico to New York. Part II, Work, focuses on Limón's choreographic process, taking the reader from the germ of a dance idea through to the performance. Limón's masterpiece There is a Time is used as the case-study.The book focuses on Limón's relationships with his dancers, the composer Norman Dell