Reference material
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Complexity and the Experience of Managing in Public Sector Organizations
Edited by Ralph Stacey. The science of complexity theory is gaining a lot of interest amongst people who are trying to lead large multi-disciplinary organizations. The theory uses models from physics and natural science to analyse the apparently near chaotic behaviour of organisations/industries that are characterized by multiple webs of interaction and in which small changes in input can trigger dramatic changes in results. Ralph Stacey runs a leading academic research programme in organizational complexity and this book is a collection of articles from pubic sector practitioners who have attended the programme.
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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
By Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen. This is very practical book which guides you through the emotional and interpersonal issues that are often going on behind a difficult conversation – be it with a business partner or in any other relationship.
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The Age of Paradox
By Charles Handy. The book in which Charles Handy first raises the idea of ‘Dual Citizenship’ which underpins some of the thinking behind the Socia Collaboration Spectrum.
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The Character of Organisation
By William Bridges. A classic text which uses the concepts and terminology of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to describe the culture of an organisation and its characteristic behaviour. It is this work that is the foundation of the Socia Organisational Partnering Indicator.
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