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Change the World : How Ordinary People Can Accomplish Extraordinary Things
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Change the World : How Ordinary People Can Accomplish Extraordinary Things Hardcover - 2000

by Quinn, Robert E

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Readers are challenged to make a difference by acting upon their own moral convictions--outside the box of societal expectations--in the traditions of Jesus, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  • Title Change the World : How Ordinary People Can Accomplish Extraordinary Things
  • Author Quinn, Robert E
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000-03-31
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5588401-6
  • ISBN 9780787951931 / 0787951935
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.05 x 6.33 x 1.07 in (22.99 x 16.08 x 2.72 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Social change, Organizational change
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99050826
  • Dewey Decimal Code 302.35

From the publisher

"Change the World" ist ein umfassender und solider Leitfaden zum Erfolg. Hier erfahren Sie Ihr Leben positiv verndern knnen. Die Kernaussage des Buches hei t - ndere Dich und Du kannst die Welt verndern. Dabei ist es jedoch wichtig zu erkennen, da der u ere und der innere Wandel untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind, d.h. da ohne einen inneren Wandel ein u erer nicht mglich ist. Anhand von 8 Leitstzen, die der Autor u.a. aus den Arbeiten von Gandhi und King herausgearbeitet hat, wird erlutert, wie man sein Leben erfolgreich ndert. Das Buch richtet sich aber nicht nur an Manager und Fachleute, die fr den organisatorischen Wandel in Unternehmen verantwortlich sind, sondern auch an ganz gewhnliche Leser, die mehr erreichen wollen.

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My first real awareness of seeds came when I was ten years old.

From the jacket flap

The idea that inner change makes outer change possible has always been part of spiritual and psychological teachings. But, until now, it's an idea that hasn't usually been addressed in leadership and management training. With Change the World! Quinn turns this idea into an action guide for organization leaders, managers, parents, and everyone else who wants to make a difference. Change the World presents eight principles that each of us can follow to make individual and organizational change happen: envision the productive community; first look within; embrace the hypocritical self; transcend fear; embody a vision of the common good; disturb the system; surrender to the emergent process; and entice through moral power. These are principles inspired by the teachings of Jesus, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.-- three historical leaders who successfully used personal change to change the world. Quinn introduces each principle with inspiring quotations from those three leaders. He then uses stories from everyday life to demonstrate how ordinary people can learn to apply themselves in extraordinary ways. Every thought-provoking chapter is imbued with ideas and information that can help us step out of our old roles, approach the world with a sense of enlightenment and adventure, and live a more empowered and empowering life. Faced with the complexities of today's world, it's all too easy to view ourselves as passive observers or powerless victims. We want to change our realities, but lack the motivation to do so. Change the World shows us how to use personal transformation to positively impact our families, organizations, businesses, and the world at large.

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  • Booklist, 05/01/2000, Page 1632

About the author

ROBERT E. QUINN is the M. E. Tracy Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the University of Michigan Business School and the author of Deep Change (Jossey-Bass, 1996).

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