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Informationen zum Autor FRANCES HESSELBEIN is chairman of the board of governors of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and editor in chief of its journal, Leader to Leader. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1998. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH is a founding director of Keilty, Goldsmith and Company, one of America's key providers of customized leadership development. He is a cofounder of the Learning Network, an association of the world's top consultants. RICHARD BECKHARD is an organization development consultant, author of six books, and former professor at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. RICHARD F. SCHUBERT is the former chairman of the International Youth Foundation and founding president of the Points of Light Foundation. Klappentext Der Klassiker jetzt neu als Broschurausgabe! Internationale Spitzenexperten erforschen die Eigenschaften der Gemeinschaften von heute und gehen der Frage nach, wie die Gemeinschaften der Zukunft aussehen, welche Anforderungen sie künftig erfüllen müssen, und wie wir uns schon heute auf diese neue Situation vorbereiten können. Es wird erläutert, wie man gesellschaftliche Entwicklungstrends im Vorfeld erkennt und wie man die sozialen Strukturen stärkt, um erfolgreiche Gemeinschaften in der Zukunft zu schaffen. Mit Beiträgen von Stephen Covey, James Barksdale, Arun Ghandi, James Heskett, Howard Rheingold und Andrew Young - um nur einige der renommierten Experten zu nennen. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays that aim to provide insight into the powerful notion of community. They explain how to recognize and anticipate the trends shaping the evolution of society and show how to strengthen the social fabric in order to build successful communities in the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Civilizing the City Peter Drucker Part I: Trends Shaping the Evolution of Community 1. The Paradox and Promise of Community Margaret J. Wheatley, Myron Kellner-Rogers 2. Economic Community and Social Investment Lester C. Thurow 3. The Future-Capability of Society Rita Sussmuth 4. How Boomers, Churches, and Entrepreneurs Can Transform Society Bob Buford Part II: The Values of Community 5. The Ideal Community Stephen R. Covey 6. Wisdom as Capital in Prosperous Communities Claire L. Gaudiani 7. Diversity in Community R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. 8. Lessons from Sevagram Ashram Arun Gandhi Part III: The Impact of New Communications Technology 9. Communications Technology in Dynamic Organizational Communities James L. Barksdale 10. Global Communications and Communities of Choice Marshall Goldsmith 11. Virtual Communities Howard Rheingold Part IV: Creating Communities in Organizations 12. Building Community in the Workplace Gifford Pinchot 13. Managing for Results in the Community of the Future James L. Heskett 14. Six Practices for Creating Communities of Value, Not Proximity Dave Ulrich 15. Opportunities in the Global Economy Maria Livanos Cattaui Part V: Strengthening the Social Fabric 16. The Dream That Lies Before Us Frances Hesselbein 17. High-Tech Inner-City Community Development Noel M. Tichy, Andrew R. McGill, Lynda St. Clair 18. Twenty-First-Century Leadership in the African American Community Bobby William Austin, Andrew J. Young 19. Gaining Equal Access to Economic Power Hugh B. Price 20. The New American Identity Raul Yzaguirre 21. Five Building Blocks for Successful Communities Suzanne W. Morse Part VI: Global Dimensions of Community 22. Our Children Are the Community of the Future Richard F. Schubert, Rick R. Little 23. Community in the Third and Fourth Worlds Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika 24. Anticipating the Community of the Future Jaime A. Zobel de Ayala II Afterword Elie Wiesel...
