When rea­ding is good.

I lis­te­ned to this while wri­ting this post, try it while you read :o)

Yes­ter­day, I told you about a book I found by chance, let’s conti­nue. This book, Com­prendre et mesu­rer la capa­ci­té de chan­ge­ment des orga­ni­sa­tions (Unders­tan­ding and Mea­su­ring the Capa­ci­ty for Change in Orga­ni­sa­tions) by Taïeb Haf­si and Chris­tiane Demers, was a reve­la­tion for me. It was the spark that I nee­ded to slight­ly modi­fy my vision of the world and get me into a more auto­no­mous stage. But let me tell you a lit­tle bit about this book.

First, this can be consi­de­red a refe­rence work. Writ­ten by two advan­ced aca­de­mics, this book attempts to sum­ma­rise ele­ments that could influence an organisation’s abi­li­ty to change. The book pre­sents a modest biblio­gra­phy, but slight­ly above ave­rage (at least from my per­so­nal libra­ry :)) The authors, in my opi­nion, achieve their aim.

The book alter­nates bet­ween refe­rences from the field and sug­ges­tions from the authors. The struc­ture uses a model of pro­po­si­tions and ends with a gene­ral pro­po­si­tion. My only wish for this type of work is for it to have a conclu­sion or sum­ma­ry for each chap­ter, as J. D. Thomp­son does in his book, Orga­ni­za­tions in Action.

This book has obvious­ly whet my appe­tite to learn more on the sub­ject and so I orde­red the two most cited works from it. I’ll save them for tomor­row, though!

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on July 29, 2020 by Coach Dan­ny