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The Search Conference: A Powerful Method for Planning Organizational Change and Community Action (Jossey-Bass Public Administration)

The Search Conference: A Powerful Method for Planning Organizational Change and Community Action (Jossey-Bass Public Administration)

by Merrelyn Emery (Author), Emery (Author), Purser Re (Author), Merrelyn Emery (Author)

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A comprehensive introduction to a powerful new approach for planning organizational change and community action. You'll discover a simple framework for understanding the process and clear step-by-step instructions to guide you in conducting your own Search Conferences.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 344
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 07 May 1996
ISBN 10: 078790192X
ISBN 13: 9780787901929

Media Reviews
Emery and Purser's book provides a theoretical and practicalknowledge base previously available only through direct contactwith a few gurus. If you're ready to move on to the next level ofsophistication, then you must dig into the Search Confereence, andthis book is the best place to start digging. (D. Douglas McKenna, general manager, Executive and Management Development, MicrosoftCorporation)

As Emery and Purser ably demonstrate, the Search Conferenceprovides a powerful tool for making organizations flexible andresponsive, Equally relevant for transnational corporations andcommunity nonprofits, this book is a must-read. (Leo Burke, director, Center for Management & Organizational Learning, Motorola University, Motorola, Inc.)

Author Bio
MERRELYN EMERY is internationally recognized as a leading proponent of Search Conferences. With her husband, Fred Emery, she developed the theory and methodology of the Search Conference at Australian National University in Canberra. RONALD E. PURSER is an associate professor at the Center for Organizational Development at Loyola University in Chicago. He has conducted numerous Search Conferences and has sponsored Merrelyn Emery's Search Conference training workshops at Loyola.