The power of positive deviance : how unlikely innovators solve the world's toughest problems / Richard T. Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin.
By: Pascale, Richard T.
Contributor(s): Sternin, Jerry | Sternin, Monique.
Series: Leadership for the common good: Publisher: Boston, MA : Harvard Business Press, c2010Description: xvi, 231 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781422110669 (hbk.); 1422110664 (hbk.).Subject(s): Social problems | Problem solving -- Social aspects | Diffusion of innovations | Social changeDDC classification: 362.0425Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TU |
Floor 4, Shelf 10 , Side 1, TierNo 5, BayNo 1 |
362.0425 PAS | 362.0425 PAS 2010 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | TBSxx,34001,03,CL | 5000118732 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index.
Introduction: against all odds --Childhood malnutrition in Vietnam: from peril to possibility -- Female circumcision in Egypt: reconciling tradition and change -- Hospital infections: acting into a new way of thinking -- Early wins, squandered gains: pioneering the PD process at Merck -- Girl soldiers: reintegrating outcasts -- Infant mortality: the way to change a community (is not to engage in community change) -- Nature's way: invisible in plain sight.