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Better Management for a Changing World Videos
(Ackoff/Suarez)
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Better Management for a Changing World
Videos (Ackoff/Suarez)
This set of two video series treats two subjects:
systems thinking and managing fear. They are included
because is an important topic and deepens the discussions
found in the Library.
Featured in Volumes 1-4, Dr. Russell Ackoff is a pre-eminent
developer of systems theory and its applications to
management. His several books (see Suggested Reading)
provide an understanding of the evolution of thinking
about organizations as systems and the consequences
for managers and leaders. These videos and their teaching
guide will help you understand your organization as
a social system and how to manage it so that its results
can become greater than the sum of individual contributions.
Dr. Gerald Suárez, now Director of Presidential Quality
Management at the White House Communications Agency,
is featured in Volumes 5-7. Dr. Suárez began to study
the effects of fear on organizations while with the
Department of the Navy. He conducted an extensive study
of organizational fear, mindful of Dr. Deming's teaching
that management must drive out fear or suffer the consequences
of diminished performance. :In these videos Dr. Suárez
provides guidance for acknowledging the presence of
fear and then taking steps to manage and reduce it.
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The New World View, Vol. 1
(Ackoff)
This video and Volumes 2 through 4 of the Better Management...
series feature Dr. Russell L. Ackoff. In Volume 1, Dr.
Ackoff examines traditional management beliefs that
no longer serve us and explains why analysis of an organization’s
parts and understanding cause-effect relation-ships
are not sufficient for quality improvement. The program
traces the development of management thinking from mechanical,
to biological, to social systems 18 min.
Price: $110.00 |
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The Big Picture, Vol. 2 (Ackoff)
Dr. Ackoff explains why everyone in an organization
must understand the properties of a system to learn
not just how things work, but why. Improvement programs
directed at improving parts of an organization are not
effective. 21 min. Teaching guide included.
Price: $110.00 |
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The New Leadership, Vol. 3
(Ackoff)
Dr. Ackoff draws the vital distinction between commanding
and leading. Systems thinking shows that the performance
of the organization is not the sum of its parts but
the product of their interactions. Managers must lead
employees to understand how their jobs fit in the system.
17 min. Includes teaching guide.
Price: $110.00 |
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Doing The Right Thing Right,
Vol. 4 (Ackoff)
In the final volume Dr. Ackoff demonstrates the right
way to do the right thing for long-term improvement—following
the path of idealized design. Improvement begins with
determining what you want for your organization and
then aiming for it. 23 min. Includes teaching guide.
Price: $110.00 |
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Managing Fear, Vol. 5 (Suarez)
Volumes 5 through 7 feature Dr. Gerald Suárez.
In Volume 5, Dr. Suárez points out that work-related
fear is common in organizations of all kinds. Attempts
to improve an organization, no matter how necessary,
threaten people and cause fear. Different from anxiety,
work-related fear is a predictable, rational response.
Fear reduces productivity and satisfaction and therefore
must be managed. It can provide the energy and focus
for positive transformation. 28 min. Includes teaching
guide.
Price: $110.00 |
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Change, Improvement, and Fear,
Vol. 6 (Suarez)
Dr. Suárez explains that managing fear is an
ongoing process because fear is present at all levels
of an organization—a natural result of high performance
and risk-taking. He emphasizes that fear can be managed
where there is leadership, vision, and trust. The consequences
of avoiding fear are increasing efforts to control by
micro-management, tighter rules, limiting information,
and blaming. 23 min. Includes teaching guide.
Price: $110.00> |
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Managing Fear: How to Begin,
Vol. 7 (Suarez)
In the concluding volume Dr. Suárez enumerates
practical tools to assess the level of fear, explains
the beneficial effects of management’s admitting
the presence of fear. He discusses ways to manage fear
in communications, relationships, planning, education
and training, and importance of the informal social
system. Leadership of top management is crucial. 22
min. Teaching guide included.
Price: $110.00 |
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Better Managemnet for a Changing
World- Complete 7 Video Library
$700.00 |
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What's Included
VHS Videotape
Teaching Guide with each video
Format: VHS Video, Including Teaching
Guide
Item #: BMW00
Price: $700.00
(US)
Individual Tapes: $110.00
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