The search conference : A powerfull method for planning organizational change and community action /
Merrelyn Emery, Ronald E. Purser
- San Francisco : Jossey - Bass Publishers, 1996
- xx, 320 p. / 23 cm.
- The Jossey - Bass public administration series .
The power of search conferences, 1. -- Learning and planning our way to desirable futures, 3. -- Uses and advantages of search conference methods, 21. -- Understanding search conference principles, 45. -- Planning in stable and turbulent environments, 47. -- Open systems thinking and the power of human ideals, 74. -- The strength of democratic learnign, 97. -- Conditions for creative collaboration, 124. -- Strategies for effective search conferences, 147. -- Planning for success, 149. -- Designing the search conference for effectiveness, 174. -- Managing the search conference, 210. -- The search conference step-by-step, 235. -- Beyond stagnation and stalemate, 267