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Monday, July 3, 2000

Teaching the Elephant to Dance by James A Belasco

Teaching the elephant to dance: the manager's guide to empowering change by James A. Belasco, Ph.D.






About the Book:-
Paperback, 276 pages
Publisher: Plume, 1991 


Firnando Chau Review


Table of Contents:-
1 Teaching the Elephants to Dance
2 Getting Ready to Change
3 Anticipate the Obstacles
4 Create Tomorrow
5 Focus Resources
6 Vision Makes the Difference
7 Actions Set the Pace
8 Expect It or Forget It
9 People Are the Key
10 Culture Is It
11 Empower Individual Change Agents
12 Change Happens - The Elephant Learns
Notes
Index
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Synopsis (1991)


Today the most important function of any manager is to implement change, and Teaching the Elephant to Dance is a practical, hands-on guide to creating effective change in any organization. It explains how successful managers decide on a new direction, communicate their vision, and much more


About the author (1991)


Belasco has been an entrepreneur, a CEO of several businesses, and a teacher at SUNY-Buffalo and Cornell University.