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Leading Change Toward Sustainability : A Change-Management Guide for Business, Government and Civil Society.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2009Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781907643040
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 658.408
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Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Introduction to the Second Edition: leading change towards decarbonisation -- Acknowledgements -- How to use this book -- Part I: Why some organisations succeed and others fail -- 1. A tale of two companies -- 2. What went wrong? -- 3. A primer on sustainability -- 4. Socioeconomic implications of sustainable development -- 5. Sustainability, governance and organisational change -- Part II: The wheel of change toward sustainability -- 6. Change the dominant mind-set that created the system through the imperative of achieving sustainability -- 7. Rearrange the parts of the system by organising deep, wide and powerful sustainability transition teams -- 8. Change the goals of the system by crafting an ideal vision and guiding principles of sustainability -- 9. Restructure the rules of engagement of the system by adopting source-based strategies -- 10. Shift the information flows of the system by tirelessly communicating the need, vision and strategies for achieving sustainability -- 11. Correct the feedback loops of the system by encouraging and rewarding learning and innovation -- 12. Adjust the parameters of the system by aligning systems and structures with sustainability -- 13. Aligning governance with sustainability -- 14. Closing thoughts on the change process -- Leading change into the future -- Appendix A: Assessing your organisation's 'sustainability blunders' -- Appendix B: Assessing your governance system -- Appendix C: Assessing your sustainability-change initiative -- Bibliography -- List of abbreviations -- Index.
Summary: Demystifies the sustainability-change process by offering a framework and a methodology that managers can use to successfully transform their organizations to embrace sustainable development and manage the growing challenges of climate change. This title discusses the change management, leadership and sustainability to focus on de-carbonization.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Introduction to the Second Edition: leading change towards decarbonisation -- Acknowledgements -- How to use this book -- Part I: Why some organisations succeed and others fail -- 1. A tale of two companies -- 2. What went wrong? -- 3. A primer on sustainability -- 4. Socioeconomic implications of sustainable development -- 5. Sustainability, governance and organisational change -- Part II: The wheel of change toward sustainability -- 6. Change the dominant mind-set that created the system through the imperative of achieving sustainability -- 7. Rearrange the parts of the system by organising deep, wide and powerful sustainability transition teams -- 8. Change the goals of the system by crafting an ideal vision and guiding principles of sustainability -- 9. Restructure the rules of engagement of the system by adopting source-based strategies -- 10. Shift the information flows of the system by tirelessly communicating the need, vision and strategies for achieving sustainability -- 11. Correct the feedback loops of the system by encouraging and rewarding learning and innovation -- 12. Adjust the parameters of the system by aligning systems and structures with sustainability -- 13. Aligning governance with sustainability -- 14. Closing thoughts on the change process -- Leading change into the future -- Appendix A: Assessing your organisation's 'sustainability blunders' -- Appendix B: Assessing your governance system -- Appendix C: Assessing your sustainability-change initiative -- Bibliography -- List of abbreviations -- Index.

Demystifies the sustainability-change process by offering a framework and a methodology that managers can use to successfully transform their organizations to embrace sustainable development and manage the growing challenges of climate change. This title discusses the change management, leadership and sustainability to focus on de-carbonization.

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