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The Search Conference: A Powerful Method for Planning Organizational Change and Community Action
Merrelyn Emery, Ronald E. Purser
ISBN: 978-0-7879-0192-9
Hardcover
352 pages
May 1996
US $48.00 add_to_cart.gif

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Table of Contents
 
THE POWER OF SEARCH CONFERENCES.

1. Learning and Planning Our Way to a Desirable Future.

2. Uses and Advantages of Search Conference Methods.

UNDERSTANDING SEARCH CONFERENCE PRINCIPLES.

3. Planning in Stable and Turbulent Environments.

4. Open Systems Thinking and the Power of Human Ideals.

5. The Strength of Democratic Learning.

6. Conditions for Creative Collaboration.

STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE SEARCH CONFERENCES.

7. Planning for Success.

8. Designing the Search Conference for Effectiveness.

9. Managing the Search Conference.

10. The Search Conference Step by Step.

Conclusion: Beyond Stagnation.

Epilogue (Fred Emery).