Revised Edition
Harlene Anderson, David Cooperrider, Ken and Mary Gergen, Sheila McNamee, Jane Magruder Watkins and Diana Whitney. Taos Institute Publication (2008), $14.95
In clear and direct language, this volume – authored by the founders of The Taos Institute – demonstrates that the appreciative construction of meaning is essential to the efficacy of an organization and the fulfillment of its participants. In clear and direct language, the book addresses the challenges of decisionmaking, leadership, group functioning, personnel evaluation, and the relationship of the organization to its context. Bold ideas are developed, examples described, and multiple suggestions developed for creating the appreciative organization. A “gem” for consultants’ and leaders’ libraries, it will have special significance to those who wish to see the key elements of appreciative inquiry realized in the everyday working of the organization.
Table of Contents:
1. Toward Appreciative Organizing
2. Appreciation in the Meaning-Making Process
3. Leadership as Collaborative Participation
4. Lifting Every Voice: The Life Giving Process
5. Evaluation to Valuation
6. Organization in Context: From the Adversarial to the Appreciative
7. In Conclusion – an Offering
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