Transforming Work or Diagnosing Organizations

Transforming Work: The Five Keys to Achieving Trust, Commitment, and Passion in the Workplace

Author: Patricia Boveri

In this age of stiff competition and "free agency," no organization can afford to take its employees for granted. The new labor-market landscape is forcing organizations to think creatively about how to inject passion in the workplace and motivate their employees to find meaning in their work. In Transforming Work, Boverie and Kroth draw from their extensive research and experience in the field to show executives, HR professionals, and students how to create inspiring, employee-friendly work environments in order to capture, develop, and retain talent and transform both the employees and the organization in the process.

What People Are Saying

Richard Leider
An excellent resource that teaches you how to bring your passionate self to work--how you can take it home.
— Richard Leider, Founder, The Inventure Group, author of Whistle While You Work and Repacking Your Bags

Beverly Kaye
Transforming Work unlocks the essentials to talent retention and shows leaders how to build a culture of growth and development.
— Beverly Kaye, author of Up Is Not the Only Way

Table of Contents:

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Acknowledgments
	Prologue
1	Introduction to Passion and Work	1
2	The Foundations of Passionate Work	29
3	Passion Transformation Process and Cycle	47
4	Occupational Intimacy	71
5	The Discovering Process	97
6	The Designing Process	131
7	The Developing Process	167
8	Transforming Work: The Five Keys to Achieving Trust, Commitment, and Passion in the Workplace	185
	References	203
	About the Authors	209
	Index	211

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Diagnosing Organizations: Methods, Models, and Processes

Author: Michael I Harrison

"The book is a very sound piece of work defining a set of soft tools that can be applied to organizational situations. It is centered on the concept of the open systems and where this is deficient, it brings in a political model. This reader enjoyed the book and looks forward to a further volume."

--Systems Practice

How can organizations handle the opportunities and threats posed by rapidly changing markets and external conditions? How can they improve their overall effectiveness? The second edition of Diagnosing Organizations contains up-to-date treatments of techniques and models for diagnosing how organizations deal with challenges like these. The book also shows how consultants and applied researchers can help managers find ways to enhance organizational effectiveness. The completely revised edition of this best-selling book presents the latest techniques for gathering and analyzing diagnostic data. It also covers models and methods for diagnosing organizational designs, everyday practices, fits among organizational components, organizational politics, and power relations. Ethical and political dilemmas of consulting and diagnosis are also explored. The book retains its original coverage of the process of working with members of a client organization to plan and administer a diagnostic study and communicate its results. This second edition also continues to focus on group processes and the quality of working life.

Professionals and researchers in management, evaluation, public administration, and sociology will appreciate the practical guidelines this volume offers.