The Difference Engine
Achieving Powerful and Sustainable Partnering
Gower Publishing Ltd
Published in December 1998
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-566-08048-7 (ISBN)
Description
This text explores the nature of partnering in the 20th century and describes how organizations must adapt their leadership, strategy and communications process if they are to sustain innovative partnerships. The book aims to reveal the secrets of success in business partnering. It identifies six main partnering styles and provides a diagnostic tool which enables organizations to map themselves against these styles and rethink their partnering issues. It also describes the implications of this shift of thinking for the organizations' management process. Emphasis is placed on action rather than analysis and the provision of a way of quantifying and diagnosing intangible relationship issues.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 165 mm
Width: 242 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-566-08048-7 (9780566080487)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Understanding partners: a new kind of enterprise; a new language for partnering; the origins of the grid; searching for fit. Part 2 Acting on common ground: living with difference; exploring common ground; trading in "common" sense; somebody at the helm; on trust and conflict. Appendix: partnering grid self-text; ways of knowing; tools for dialogue.