Social Science in Actual Practice

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7619-9207-3
Verlag: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Gewicht: 543 g

In this personal account Rolf Lynton examines significant episodes from his long and distinguished career as an international systems consultant, hands-on trainer and chief executive in manpower and institution development. The episodes are examined in three ways: How did the work come about? What actually took place by way of involvements, interventions (planned and unplanned) and outcomes? What, with hindsight, might be done better in similar circumstances. Often in cross-cultural settings, his work includes: strikes in a world-class port; coal mine management; `decentralizing` public services; innovating in communities and corporations; starting and administering a professional school; interdisciplinary work in universities and professional associations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lynton, Rolf P

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Literatur für Manager
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Warren Bennis
One Strike Too Many
Facts From Way Down (To Way Up)
Expanding the Moment
"Lynton's Crocodile" and Other Companions
Seizing the Moment
Seeing Systems - At Last
Innovative Institutions in Particular
Going to Size
The Personal Dimension
More Inner Work
Transcendent Challenges
The Sound of Sense
Epilogue
Net, Catch and Crew

Über Autor(innen)

Lynton, Rolf P
Rolf P Lynton has had a long career in training and development. He has been associated with many institutions, mostly in India, and also in Indonesia, China, Europe, and the United States of America as a founder–dean, director, or long-term consultant. He has been John Hopkins University/USAID Senior Advisor, Chairman of the International Association of Applied Social Scientists, and has worked with the Ministries of Industry, and Health and Family Welfare in India. He is an emeritus member of the National Training Laboratory in the USA. He has authored many books and papers including Training for Organizational Transformation (co-authored with Udai Pareek, 2000) and Social Science in Actual Practice: Themes on My Blue Guitar (1998).