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This book emphasizes the generation of new and powerful paradigms for independent processing in the organization:-Information relating systems-Information representing systems-Individual processing systems-Interpersonal processing systems and-Interdependent processing systemsThese are the interdependent processing systems that will enable human capital to generate new and productive images of work and other phenomena.
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The Possibilities Leader— The New Science of Possibilities Management
Robert R. Carkhuff, Ph.D. Bernard G. Berenson, Ph.D.
Possibilities Publishing
The Possibilities Leader— The New Science of Possibilities Management by
Robert R. Carkhuff, Ph.D. and
Bernard G. Berenson, Ph.D. Contributor:
Christopher J. Carkhuff, M.A. Cert.
Copyright © 2000 by Robert R. Carkhuff
Published by Possibilities Publishing 22 Amherst Road Amherst, MA 01002 413-253-3488 1-800-822-2801 413-253-3490 (fax) www.possibilitiespublisher.com
ISBN 0-87425-596-1
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Editorial services by Mary George Production services by Jean Miller Cover design by Donna Thibault-Wong
This book is dedicated to John T. Kelly, Manager, IBM’s Office of the Future, who conducted the first private-sector research on the interdependent organizational relationships of Human, Information, and Organizational Capital Development.
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The Possibilities Leader— The New Science of Possibilities Management CONTENTS About the Authors..................................................................... About the Contributor .............................................................. Foreword by Barry Cohen, Ph.D. ............................................. Preface ....................................................................................... Welcome to a Special Kind of Book!......................................... I.
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ...................................... 1. Possibilities Management—The Processing Paradigm................................................................... Probabilities and Possibilities.................................... Possibilities Management Paradigm ......................... Interdependent Processing Systems................... Organizational Management Functions.............
II. THE I5 POSSIBILITIES MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS .............. 2. I1—Information Relating Systems........................ Case: The Possibilities Leader—I1 Information Relating .................................................................... Information Relating Systems ................................... Relating: An Introduction .......................................... Conceptual Information ...................................... Relating to Conceptual Information .......................... Operational Information ..................................... Relating to Operational Information ......................... Information Relating Skills........................................ Relating-Skills Training............................................. Attending ............................................................. Responding to Concepts ...................................... Responding to Operations ................................... Personalizing Operations .................................... Initiating Operations........................................... Summary and Transition ........................................... Case: The Possibilities Leader (continued) ...............
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