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BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS

 

Interchange is a small specialist publishing house.  We are all practitioners and practitioner-academics who use desktop publishing technology to prepare resources for other practitioners.

Our intended users include people in community and organisational development and change, training and development, education, facilitation, and personal and professional development -- action research and social consultancy generally.

Almost all titles deal with both concepts and practice.  To reduce the end costs to users they are sold mainly by mail order, at trade prices.



To order Interchange books

Print out the PDF order form here and either
fax it to 07 3878 4338 or
mail it to 37 Burbong Street, Chapel Hill QLD 4069

or if you prefer, phone your order to 07 3378 5365





There are two books ...

Helping groups to be effective: skills, processes and concepts for group facilitation, 2nd edition.  By Bob Dick.

This book explains processes and models for use by facilitators or group members to improve the process of a small group.  The emphasis is on planning, problem-solving and decision-making.  The general principles of group facilitation are analysed.  Specific skills and techniques are described in detail with supporting concepts.

1991, v2.01.  Colour cover, 380+viii pp.  Index. Perfect bound.  About 520 gm.  ISBN 978 1 875260 09 6.  Price Au$53.90.

Values in action: applying the ideas of Argyris and Schon, 2nd edition.  By Bob Dick and Tim Dalmau.

The introduction is a clear overview of the ideas of Chris Argyris and Donald Schon on interpersonal interaction.  The book then describes some specific tools used to design interventions and, in detailed workbooks, specific applications.  The book makes Argyris and Schon's materials, powerful but difficult, easier to understand and use.

1999, v2.01.  Colour cover, 266+ xvi pp.  Index.  Perfect bound.  About 370 gm.  ISBN 978 1 875260 12 6.  Price Au$42.90.

... and several monographs, saddle-stitched (stapled on the spine) unless otherwise noted ...

Rigour without numbers: the potential of dialectical processes as qualitative research tools, 2nd edition.  By Bob Dick.

This monograph examines some of the current notions about qualitative and quantitative research.  It then describes the potential of convergent interviewing, face-to-face delphi and other "dialectical" processes for qualitative, rigorous field research.

1999, v 3.01.  Colour cover, pp. 95+viii pages.  Perfect bound. Bibliography.  Index.  About 200 gm.  ISBN 978 1 875260 11 9.   Au$27.50.

To tame a unicorn...: recipes for cultural intervention, abridged version revised.  By Bob Dick and Tim Dalmau.

This monograph begins with a discussion of organisational culture and a general examination of the issues in cultural intervention and change.  It then describes in detail some actual well-tried processes for cultural diagnosis and intervention in organisations and other social systems.

1989, v2.02; reprinted with minor corrections 2012.  Colour cover, Perfect bound, 91 pp, ISBN 978 1 875260 01 0.   Index, Bibliography.   140 gm.  Au$26.40.  (Unabridged version not available.)

Jung for sceptics: Jung's psychological types as decision-making preferences. By Bob Dick.

The sixteen personality types of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, based on Carl Jung's theories of personality, are here reinterpreted as styles of decision- making.  Jung's theories of personality are therefore made more accessible, and their practical implications rendered more apparent and useful.

1989, v2.02.  Colour cover, iv + 82 pp.  ISBN 978 1 875260 00 3.  Bibliography, Index.  160 gm.  Au$26.40.

Search: a participative community planning process (including a participant workbook).  By Bob Dick.

Search is a visioning technique in which people define a future ideal.  This monograph gives a brief and polished version of a much-revised document.  It describes a step-by-step description of a well-tried one-day community or strategic planning version of search. In workbook format, it can be used with large numbers (a similar design has been used with about 200) and is suitable when time is limited.

2001, v7.01.  Colour cover, saddle-stitched, 42 pp, ISBN 978 1 875260 14 0.  80 gm.  Au$20.90.

Frameworks for effective third party conflict management.  By Bob Dick.

A systematic but flexible approach to third-party mediation is described by means of five "frameworks" ranging from questions to elicit information to the overall shape of the process.
The approach combines consensual and negotiation processes, and ranges from apparently-rational role negotiation to a belief and feeling oriented process derived from the work of Chris Argyris.

1990, v3.01. White cover, saddle-stitched, 27 pp.  80g.  ISBN 978 1 875260 02 7.  Au$17.60.

Managing transitions: a key to creating effective learning environments, By Tim Dalmau and Bob Dick.

The design and management of effective workshops can be viewed as the design and management of workshop transitions, leading to more fluid and coherent workshop designs.  This monograph discusses workshop preparation, handling beginnings and endings, managing energy levels and focus.

1990, v1.02.  White cover, saddle-stitched.  Bibliography and Index.   vi + 60 pp, 110 gm.  ISBN 978 1 875260 08 9.   Au$20.90.

From the profane to the sacred: small groups as vehicles for cultural change. By Tim Dalmau and Bob Dick.

This monograph develops practical techniques for cultural diagnosis and change. The emphasis is cultural change through the use of the small groups found in all social systems.  Many small-group techniques and approaches in common use can be used as cultural interventions.

1990 v2.01.  White cover, perfect bound.  Bibliography and Index.  vi + 64 pp, 110 gm.  ISBN 978 1 875260 07 2.  Au$20.90.





To order Interchange books

Print out the PDF order form here and either
fax it to 07 3878 4338 or
mail it to 37 Burbong Street, Chapel Hill QLD 4069

or if you prefer, phone your order to 07 3378 5365





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