David Stroh has produced an elegant and cogent guide to what works. Research with early learners is showing that children are natural systems thinkers. This book will help to resuscitate these intuitive capabilities and strengthen them in the fire of facing our toughest problems.--Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline
Concrete guidance on how to incorporate systems thinking in problem solving, decision making, and strategic planning--for everyone!
Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed. Moreover, the answers they propose and fund often produce the opposite of what they want over time. We end up with temporary shelters that increase homelessness, drug busts that increase drug-related crime, or food aid that increases starvation.
How do these unintended consequences come about and how can we avoid them? By applying conventional thinking to complex social problems, we often perpetuate the very problems we try so hard to solve, but it is possible to think differently, and get different results.
Systems Thinking for Social Change enables readers to contribute more effectively to society by helping them understand what systems thinking is and why it is so important in their work. It also gives concrete guidance on how to incorporate systems thinking in problem solving, decision making, and strategic planning without becoming a technical expert.
Systems thinking leader David Stroh walks readers through techniques he has used to help people improve their efforts on complex problems like:
ending homelessness
improving public health
strengthening education
designing a system for early childhood development
protecting child welfare
developing rural economies
facilitating the reentry of formerly incarcerated people into society
resolving identity-based conflicts
and more!
The result is a highly readable, effective guide to understanding systems and using that knowledge to get the results you want.
Автор: Sutton Margaret, Stroh Lindsay, Eckstein Marjorie Название: Letters to Live By ISBN: 1735530026 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735530024 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 26190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Each LETTERS TO LIVE BY story starts with an alphabet verse. The story that follows features little children from diverse backgrounds learning important life lessons.
Entertaining and easy to understand, the verses and stories encourage discussions about kindness, love, friendship, truth, and other values that guide our lives.
A free discussion and activity guide for LETTERS TO LIVE BY can be found at www.Margaret SuttonBooks.com.
Автор: Stroh Patricia Название: The Abcdefg Disorder ISBN: 0990715841 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780990715849 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 19820.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Building trust is crucial for effective leadership, and trusting others is a necessary part of working with others. But knowing whom to trust--and whom not to trust--eludes many people. A surprising number of people report that being betrayed by someone in their "inner circle" either at work or in their personal lives is one of the most devastating things they have endured. Lack of trust is also expensive in that it costs companies money to surveil employees; and in our personal lives, if we live with people we cannot trust, we expend needless amounts of energy protecting ourselves from these untrustworthy people. How do we increase trust, bounce back from betrayal, and form alliances and positive relationships with those who ARE trustworthy?
This book provides a unique examination of trust and its often-overlooked importance to our work and personal lives. It identifies the characteristics of a trusting relationship, considers the decision-making process that people should make before granting individuals admission to their own "inner circle," and teaches how to tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" in our work environments and life in general. This revised and updated edition contains new information on the negative mental and physical aspects of telling lies; how to better manage our emotions, which allows us to become "better guys" ourselves; strategies for building more trusting relationships in our families; and how trust works--and doesn't work--online in the Internet age. It also includes a useful "Family Board Meeting" tool for having family meetings in a way that encourages honest and open dialogue between family members regardless of age or family structure.
Автор: Becvar, Raphael J. Becvar, Dorothy Stroh Название: Systems theory and family therapy ISBN: 0761869816 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780761869818 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 56690.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book provides an overview of the basic concepts of a systems theoretical perspective using families and family therapy as examples and illustrations of their application in professional practice.
Автор: Sutton Margaret, Stroh Lindsay, Eckstein Marjorie Название: Letters to Live By ISBN: 173553000X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735530000 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 17460.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Thomas Stolz, Nicole Nau, Cornelia Stroh Название: Monosyllables: From Phonology to Typology ISBN: 3050059257 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783050059259 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 198290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Dieser Band versammelt zehn Aufs tze, in denen Monosyllaba in verschiedenen Sprachen Asiens, Afrikas und Europas aus unterschiedlichsten Perspektiven betrachtet werden. Einsilber sind in fast allen Sprachen der Welt vertreten. Sprachen wie das Chinesische bevorzugen bekannterma en diesen Silbentyp. In anderen, wie z. B. den Bantusprachen, muss ein Wort aus mindestens zwei Silben bestehen. In den europ ischen Sprachen r cken Einsilber gerade erst in den Fokus linguistischen Interesses. Die Beitr ge dieses Bandes besch ftigen sich sowohl mit phonetischen und phonologischen als auch mit morphologischen und funktionalen Aspekten von Einsilbern. Der Fokus richtet sich auf das Zusammenwirken von Silben- und Wortstruktur, wie auch auf die phonologischen und morphologischen Regeln der Wohlgeformtheit. Es wird sowohl die Entwicklung von Einsilbern in Sprachen, die diesen Silbentyp bevorzugen (ostasiatische Sprachen, aber auch D nisch), als auch ihre spezielle Rolle als Ausnahmeform innerhalb des Lexikons und bei speziellen Wortformen wie z.B. den Imperativen diskutiert. Methodisch reicht die Spannweite von experimenteller Phonetik, ber quantitative Linguistik und Analysen von Einzelsprachen bis hin zu gro angelegten typologischen Vergleichen.
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