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Title: Imaginization : New Mindsets for Seeing, Organizing, and Managing by Gareth Morgan ISBN: 0-7619-1269-X Publisher: Sage Publications Pub. Date: 23 July, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $31.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book of management
Comment: Maybe management is the topic with the poorest quality of books in social sciences. Authors usually think that their readers are so busy or so stupid (or both) that they have to write a book for kids (they repeat the same example one hundred times) Fortunately, there are some authors as Morgan that believe posible to write a simple but interesting book like this one. I know Imaginazation is not the best book of management (even Images of Organization of the same author is better), but it is a quite intelligent one and in management this is a very rare quality.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great fun and scholarly too!
Comment: Morgan's book is a delight to read. I couldn't wait to go out and try some of the techniques myself! While extremely readable, Morgan includes a couple of appendices that give the extensive scholarship behind his work.
Rating: 5
Summary: So much fun, you won't realize how much you're learning.
Comment: Innovation and creativity are big buzzwords in management these days. Every second guru has a new paradigm or a new way of thinking, many of which aren't really new and may not be relevant to the situation on the ground. Many books are written on these subjects, mostly long on concepts but short on real tools.
I loved this book because Gareth never falls into that trap. His approach is always created from the situation on the ground, not as manna from above. Indeed, one of his best insights is the way he neatly explodes the word "supervision" into its component parts, showing the assumption of management as people with "super vision" who can see the future. Think about the realities behind that one word, and watch many of your assumptions about managing start to change.
As you might expect, Imaginization has several chapters which use real consulting experiences to illustrate the ideas presented. It's very effective at illustrating the ideas, conveying both the approach in action, and giving people the tools to actually start putting innovation and creativity to work in their workplace. It's also a very enjoyable read, as fun as its name implies.
Gareth Morgan's course was the most useful and well-spent time in my entire MBA at the Schulich School of Business. END
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Title: Images of Organization by Gareth Morgan ISBN: 0761906320 Publisher: Sage Publications Pub. Date: 10 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Creative Organization Theory : A Resourcebook by Gareth Morgan ISBN: 0803934386 Publisher: Sage Publications Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $43.95 |
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Title: Organization Theory and Design by Richard L. Daft ISBN: 0324021003 Publisher: South-Western College Pub Pub. Date: 07 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $107.95 |
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Title: The Craft of Research (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Wayne C. Booth, Joseph M. Williams, Gregory G. Colomb ISBN: 0226065685 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Leadership and Futuring : Making Visions Happen by John R. Hoyle ISBN: 0803963009 Publisher: Corwin Press Pub. Date: 13 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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