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Leading change toward sustainability [electronic resource] : a change-management guide for business, government and civil society / Bob Doppelt

Author
Doppelt, Bob
Additional Titles
Change-management guide for business, government and civil society
Published
Sheffield, U.K. : Greenleaf Pub., [2009]
Copyright Date
©2009
Edition
Updated 2nd ed.
Physical Description
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Front Cover; About the authors; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Introduction to the Second Edition: Leading change towards decarbonisation; Acknowledgements; Part I. Why some organisations succeed and others fail; 1. A tale of two companies; 2. What went wrong?; 3. A primer on sustainability; 4. Socioeconomic implications of sustainable development; 5. Sustainability, governanc eand organisational change; Part II. The wheel of change toward sustainability; 6. Change the dominant mindset that created the system through the imperative of achieving sustainability., 7. Rearrange the parts of the system by organising deep, wide and powerful sustainability transition teams8. Change the goals of the system by crafting an ideal vision and guiding principles of sustainability; 9. Restructure the rules of engagement of the system by adopting source-based strategies; 10. Shift the information flows of the system by tirelessly communicating the need, vision and strategies for achieving sustainability; 11. Correct the feedback loops of the system by encouraging and rewarding learning and innovation., and 12. Adjust the parameters of thesystem by aligning systemsand structures withsustainability13. Aligning governance with sustainability; 14. Closing thoughts on the change process; Leading change into the future; Appendix A: Assessing your organisation's 'sustainability blunders'; Appendix B: Assessing your governance system; Appendix C: Assessing your sustainability change initiative; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Index; Back Cover.
Summary
As the world struggles to cope with the growing threat of a global carbon crisis, Bob Doppelt has revised one of the best books ever written about change management, leadership and sustainability to focus on de-carbonisation. To significantly slash greenhouse gases and prepare for climate change, organisations of all sizes will need to undergo an enormous shift in their thinking, cultures, practices and policies. Making this shift will require the use of proven sustainability-based organisational change strategies. So what are these strategies and why do they work? Bob Doppelt spent years researching how the leaders of both private and public organisations that have initiated and sustained significant sustainability programmes designed and approached them. His findings, presented in this hugely readable book, demystify the sustainability-change process by providing a theoretical framework and a methodology that managers can use to successfully transform their organisations to embrace sustainable development. -- Description of the print edition.
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ISBN
9781907643040 (electronic bk.)
1907643044 (electronic bk.)
Note
Title from title screen.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Benzak Foundation American Environmental History Collections Endowment at the Penn State Libraries; 2016
Endowment Note
Benzak Foundation American Environmental History Collections Endowment at the Penn State Libraries
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