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Leading change: A guide to whole systems working de Margaret Attwood

Leading change: A guide to whole systems working

Autor Margaret Attwood, Mike Pedler, Sue Pritchard, David Wilkinson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 feb 2003
There is continuing government pressure on public services to 'reform' and change. Expectations of new forms and standards of delivery, joined-up practice and the re-connection of services to users are high. Unfortunately, many policy makers have become dangerously reliant on mechanistic top-down audit and inspection regimes as the means of implementation.This book sets out to redress the balance. It argues powerfully that whole systems approaches are required to lead the changes towards the demands for new service configurations, partnership working and local and neighbourhood governance. The book outlines the theory behind whole systems development and gives good practice guidance on how to effectively develop 'systems' to improve joined-up working.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781861344496
ISBN-10: 186134449X
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bristol University Press
Colecția Policy Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Recenzii

Leading Change is a timely and valuable contribution to the debate on modernisation' and 'delivery' in public services. The authors' arguments and proposals will ring bells among managers and front-line workers across sectors. This book deserves a wide readership and is an excellent guide to 'whole systems' thinking and the benefits it could bring to the management of public services. Ian Christie, New Economics Foundation and The Local Futures Group

Anybody who is interested in effecting deep change in an organisation will benefit from this book. The authors demonstrate real understanding of all the forces for change and combine systems thinking with behavioural and other issues to confront them. Strongly recommended. Brenda Gourley, The Open University"Leading change will be a help and inspiration to those countless leaders at every level who are passionate about creating public services that are truly world class." David Fillingham, NHS Modernisation Agency"The authors of Leading Change write from experience - their own and that of others. Much of what they say will be disturbing to well-motivated though weary leaders of organisations working to improve social conditions but offers hope and support to those who want to change themselves and thus to change others. We should follow their suggestions - after all we know that what we are doing now does not work so there's all to play for." Fiona Ellis, Northern Rock Foundation

This book is extremely important and should be welcomed by grassroots communities. Traditional top-down solutions have clearly failed and the authors offer us a practical framework placing service users and local citizens at the centre of the change agenda. In my view a seminal text. Peter Brookes, Community Support Unit, Durham County Council

... strikes an excellent balance between theory and practice, losing neither in the process, and should appeal to both academics and practitioners of change. The British Journal of Healthcare Computing & Information Management

... a significant contribution that presses the importance of achieving new levels of organisation in managing change and has huge potential for impacting on policy makers and practitioners alike. Journal of European Affairs

Notă biografică

Margaret Attwood, Whole Systems Development, Mike Pedler, Whole Systems Development, Sue Pritchard, Whole Systems Development and David Wilkinson, Whole Systems Development

Cuprins

Forewords
   Will Hutton and David Fillingham
Prologue
Why do we need whole systems change?
How do we put these fine words into action? An overview of whole systems development
The emerging practice of whole systems development
Leadership: keeping the big picture in view
Public learning
Valuing difference and diversity: getting the whole system into the room
Meeting differently: large and small group working
Follow-through and sticking with it
From organisations to networks
Confirming cases: local problems and local solutions within whole systems
Epilogue