Strategic Revitalization

Product Description With over ninety percent of new material, the author has changed the approach of his text to a more readable and practical direction, to be of use to both academics and managers-administrators. The nine chapters explore various information, learning and development strategies for proactively managing and mastering the challenge of change; using open systems thinking and managing; the development of an active learning model to increase personal and organizational effectiveness; stimulating creativity for innovation; self-management strategies for behavioral change, increasing motivation, reaching goals, and learning actively over a lifetime; wellness and stress; organizational health promotion; the challenges of leadership; managing corporate culture; and the uses of human resources management/ development strategies for mastering the future challenges of change. Review Insightful!> -- Vern D. Curtis, Dean, Chapman College School of Business, Orange, CaliforniaInsightful! -- Vern D. Curtis, Dean, Chapman College School of Business, Orange, California About the Author Douglas B. Gutknecht is Professor of Sociology at Chapman College in Orange, California. He is the author ofFamily, Self, and Society (UPA, 1986);The Organizational and Human Resources Sourcebook (UPA, 1986); andMeeting Organization and Human Resource Challenges (UPA, 1984).