Chapter 12 Web Links

Changing the organization

Wimbledon FC case – a naïve approach to change? 

See page 432 of the book.

The following articles and links provide more background information about the Wimbledon FC case study:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2003/jan/11/clubsincrisis.sport

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/jun/21/newsstory.mkdons

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/may/22/afc-wimbledon-promotion-luton-town

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/fa-cup-mk-dons-book-grudge-tie-against-afc-wimbledon-8313304.html

 

Cummings et al. on Lewin

See page 436 of the book.

A video summary of the Cummings et al (2016) article can be found at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJfdmT1UtBY

 

Police force change

See page 439 of the book.

There is a lot of background material about police force changes in response to the claims in the Macpherson report of ‘institutional racism’.

The Macpherson report itself can be accessed at:
http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm42/4262/sli-00.htm

A parliamentary report 10 years after Macpherson shows 67 out of 70 recommendations implemented, but with still some changes to make:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmhaff/427/427.pdf

 

Emergent approaches and innovation

See page 446 of the book.

The Agile Manifesto can be found at:

https://www.agilealliance.org/agile101/the-agile-manifesto/

A report by the CIPD into agile working can be found at:

https://www.cipd.co.uk/Images/hr-getting-smart-agile-working_2014_tcm18-14105.pdf

 

Meanwhile, you can find out about another organization which takes an emergent approach – the Googleplex- at:

https://hbr.org/2014/10/workspaces-that-move-people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8rKUyofGEs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFeLKXbnxxg

http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1947844,00.html

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