Periodically The Human Dimension makes training materials
and other information available for visitors to download. Please feel
free to download, reprint, and distribute these articles, including the
author's name and our web site address.
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Learning Organization
-- Five Requirements
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17-slide presentation that is based
on the work of Peter Senge in his book, The Fifth Discipline.
The five requirements are: shared vision, team learning, systems
thinking, organizational learning, and personal mastery.
These are explained in the module.
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learning_orgs.pdf
(594 K)
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Teaching Personality Type in
Mainland China
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Seven-page article by Eileen Broer, founder of The Human Dimension,
on teaching the MBTI® in China. It was named Best Application
of Psychological Type in 1999 by The Journal of Psychological
Type, December 1999. (Originally titled "Using and Validating
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® in Mainland China.")
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type_in_china.pdf
(154 K)
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What Happens Behind Closed
Doors at Management Retreats?
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Two-page article by Eileen Broer, originally published in Guangzhou
City Magazine (People's Republic of China), Summer 2000
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retreats.pdf
(13 K)
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Do You Really Have To Downsize?
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Two-page article by Human Dimension consultant Suanne Williams-Lindgren,
describes the short and long-term effects of downsizing, offers
viable alternatives, and provides a good process for downsizing.
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have_to_downsize.pdf
(88 K)
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Keys to Success in Chinese Markets -- Understanding Personality
and Culture
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Two-page article in which Sara Kempin interviews Eileen Broer,
president of The Human Dimension, regarding what American business
people need to be aware of when negotiating contracts in China.
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chinese_markets.pdf
(65K)
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Motivating Employees: Does Maslow's Hierarchy Apply in China?
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Two-page article by Eileen Broer, president of The Human Dimension,
originally published in the Guangzhou (PR China) Monthly City Magazine.
It discusses the new edition of Abraham Maslow's groundbreaking
book, Enlightened Management, which was re-published in 1998
as Maslow on Management (John Wiley, 1998) with many additions
from Maslow's personal journals. Discusses implications of Maslow's
theories in China.
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maslows_hierarchy.pdf
(108 K)
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Collaborative Leader-Manager Behaviors
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One-page document describing the behaviors of a collaborative leader-manager
in five key areas: people development; leadership; openness, communications,
safety and trust; individual and organizational learning; and personal
growth. It is a good discussion starter for leadership and management
development.
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leader_manager.pdf
(88 K)
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Myers-Briggs® Career Preferences By Function
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Four pages showing the career preferences of people preferring
various Myers-Briggs personality functions and attitudes (extraversion-introversion,
sensing-intuition, thinking-feeling, judging-perceiving). The document
covers the following careers: engineering, science and technology;
art and communications; business and management; and counseling
and mental health.
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careers_by_function.pdf
(123 K)
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Myers-Briggs® Career Preferences By Type
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This one-page Myers-Briggs® type table indicates the types
of careers that naturally appeal to each personality type.
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careers_by_type.pdf
(106 K)
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Myers-Briggs® Personality Theory, Benefits, and Uses
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This nine-slide PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of
Myers-Briggs® personality type theory: what type is, history
of the MBTI®, how different types manage time, why sensors and
intuitives need each other, overview of consultative sales skills
workshop, and more.
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myers-briggs_theory.pdf
(1.4 MB)
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myers-briggs_theory.ppt
(668 K)
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You are the Instrument - Poem for Change Agents by Dave Jamison
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This is a classic poem in the organization development field. Mr.
Jamison describes the highs and lows of being a change agent, and
how change agents continually grow themselves. Feel free to reprint
and distribute this poem, retaining the author's name and copyright
please.
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you_are_instrument.pdf.
(49 K)
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