Author: H L Newman , S P Fitzgerald Organization Development Journal Date 01/01/2001 Pages: 37-44 Annotation: A large-scale organizational change effort was initiated in a 120-person non-profit metropolitan health care facility beginning in 1996. This case summarizes the history of…
Author: Gina Hinrichs , Jim Ludema , Debbie Morris John Deere Moline, IL Date 04/01/2000 Annotation: An Appreciative Inquiry Summit (AI Summit) approach was used in a business renewal initiative with a manufacturing unit of the John Deere company.This case…
Author: Ilma O. Barros , David L. Cooperrider Nutrimental Industria e Comercio de Alimentos S.A. Curitiba, PR Brazil Date 08/14/2001 Annotation: Appreciative Inquiry Fostering Wholeness in Organizations Sourced from http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/We are all in search for completeness; thus aiming at making…
Author: Marlo Derksen , Tom Osborn Date 07/31/2001 Annotation: This case study is published in APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY: Change at the Speed of Imagination written by Jane Magruder Watkins and Bernard Mohr, 2001, part of The Practicing Organization Development Series by…
Author: Debbie Morris , Marge Schiller Date 01/01/2003 Annotation: Avon Mexico has long been a classic case of how AI was applied to a difficult situation and rendered wonderful, inspiring results. Wtih the winning of the Catalyst award and increased…
Author: Frank J Barrett , David L Cooperrider Appreciative Inquiry: An Emerging Direction for Organization Development Date 01/01/2001 Annotation: Abstract This article proposes that one way to help a group liberate itself from dysfunctional conflict and defensive routine is through…
Author: Amanda Trosten-Bloom , Diana Whitney Corporation for Positive Change Golden, CO United States Date 08/16/2001 Annotation: CLIENT ORGANIZATIONHunter Douglas Window Fashions Division is a 1000-person manufacturing company in Broomfield, CO. The largest and most profitable Division of Hunter Douglas…
Author: Diana Whitney , David Cooperrider , Maureen Garrison , Jean Moore , Lisa Dinga GTE / Verizon Date 01/01/1996 Annotation: The "seeds of positive change" were sewn during the summer of 1995 when the senior executives of GTE Telops…
Author: Mac Odell Self-published Date 10/08/2005 The Women's Empowerment Project (WEP) in Nepal performs 6-monthly detailed monitoring studies, confirmed by several external evaluations. This article summarizes some recent findings that confirmed a remarkable 4-fold increase in the number of women…
Author: B J Mohr , E J Smith , J M Watkins Journal of the Organization Development Network Date 01/01/2000 Pages: 36-52 Annotation: This paper tells the story of a collaboration between a pharmaceutical company and The Synapse Group, Inc.;…