TY - JOUR T1 - Convergence: How Nursing Unions and Magnet are Advancing Nursing JF - Nursing Forum Y1 - 2014 A1 - Johnson, Joyce E. A1 - Billingsley, Molley KW - administration KW - leadership KW - nursing KW - nursing unions KW - professional issue KW - workforce AB -

Problem: Historically, unions and professional associations such as the American Nurses Association have been adversaries in the fight to represent the best interests of the nursing profession.Methods: We reviewed the literature on the evolution of nursing unions, nursing's historical unease about unions, the Magnet designation in nursing, the tensions between the unions and Magnet, the core values and commonalities they share, and the obligations of nursing as a profession. Findings: Refocusing on the advancement of our profession provides a positive pathway in which the collective efforts of nursing unions and professional initiatives such as the Magnet designation converge during these turbulent times for our profession. Conclusion: The single, central organizing idea of nursing—where nursing unions and Magnet converge—is the pivotal role of nurses in delivering high-quality patient care. The often-maligned dialectic between unions and Magnet has advanced and not hindered the nursing

VL - 49 L2 - eng CP - 4 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management (3rd Edition) Y1 - 2010 A1 - Renz, D. O. A1 - Herman, R. D. KW - capital structure KW - fundraising KW - leadership KW - lobbying KW - management KW - marketing KW - nonprofit management KW - Nonprofit organizations KW - social entrepreneurship AB -

This is the third edition of the bestselling nonprofit management reference and text called the "big green book." Based on updated research, theory, and experience, this comprehensive edition offers practical advice on managing nonprofit organizations and addresses key aspects such as board development, strategic planning, lobbying, marketing, fundraising, volunteer management, financial management, risk management, and compensation and benefits. New chapters cover developments in such areas as social entrepreneurship, financial leadership and capital structure, accountability and transparency, and the changing political-legal climate. (publisher's statement)

PB - Jossey-Bass CY - San Francisco L2 - eng N1 - ID: nyu_aleph002202431; Includes bibliographical references and index. ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Organizational Culture and Leadership (4th Edition) Y1 - 2010 A1 - E.H. Schein KW - leadership KW - management KW - organizational culture AB -

Regarded as one of the most influential management books of all time, this fourth edition of Leadership and Organizational Culture transforms the abstract concept of culture into a tool that can be used to better shape the dynamics of organization and change. This updated edition focuses on today's business realities. Edgar Schein draws on a wide range of contemporary research to redefine culture and demonstrate the crucial role leaders play in successfully applying the principles of culture to achieve their organizational goals. (publisher's statement)

PB - Jossey-Bass CY - San Francisco SN - 9780470185865 L2 - eng ER - TY - BOOK T1 - I Just Got Elected – Now What? A New Union Officer’s Handbook Y1 - 2007 A1 - Bill Barry KW - leadership KW - union leadership KW - union organizing KW - unionism AB -

This is an aggressive guide to building a strong and effective local union. Don’t buy this book if your goal is simply to be a local union officer like "Old Joe" was before you, doing things the way they’ve always been done and skating by as things just bump along. That, the author says, is what has weakened unions and made them less the force than they once were, and can be again. Rather than one or maybe a handful of officers running your local from the top, Barry says, you’ve got to educate and involve your members at every level, using the organizing model of unionism – and he shows you how to do it.

In straightforward language the author explains how to create a union that can be strong, grow and thrive in any environment. Chapters explain the organizing model (vs. the servicing model) of unionism; how to do the kind of strategic planning needed to build your union; analyze the various functions of the union and its finances, and build a communications network that involves and rallies the members. It explains the laws you have to look out for, how to deal with other officers and union staff, and how to organize yourself to do what needs to be done to pull it together and make it all work.

Bill Barry is a veteran union activist and labor studies program director at the Community College of Baltimore County’s Dundalk campus, where he teaches leadership skills, organizing, labor law, political action and other core subjects. If you’re a local officer who seriously wants to see your union become more effective, this book is a good place to start. (publisher’s statement)

PB - UCS Inc. CY - Annapolis, MD L2 - eng ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Organizational Culture in Action: A Cultural Analysis Workbook Y1 - 2005 A1 - Driskill, G. W. A1 - Brenton, A. L. KW - culture KW - diversity KW - leadership KW - organizational culture KW - organizations KW - qualitative research KW - research AB -

This book is a practical guide to “reading” the culture of organizations and to understanding the implications of culture for organizational effectiveness. Sharing their experiences from over 25 years of consulting and teaching, the authors make the process of cultural analysis practical and applicable. Beginning with an explanation of the theories of organizational culture, the book provides guidance on collecting information, leading students through qualitative research methods of observation, interviewing, and analyzing written texts. Students come away equipped to apply cultural insights to fostering diversity, supporting organizational change, making leadership more dynamic, understanding the link between ethics and culture, and achieving personal growth. (publisher's statement)

PB - Sage Publications CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. SN - 1412905605 9781412905602 L2 - eng N1 - ID: 56334030 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Rebuilding Labor: Organizing and Organizers in the New Union Movement Y1 - 2004 A1 - Ruth Milkman A1 - K. Voss KW - labor movement KW - leadership KW - organizing KW - rank and file KW - SEIU KW - union AB -

Ruth Milkman and Kim Voss bring together established researchers and a new generation of labor scholars to assess the current state of labor organizing and its relationship to union revitalization. Throughout this collection, the focus is on the formidable challenges unions face today and on how they may be overcome. Rebuilding Labor begins with a comprehensive overview of recent union organizing in the United States; goes on to present a series of richly detailed case studies of such topics as union leadership, organizer recruitment and retention, union democracy, and the dynamics of anti-unionism among rank-and-file workers; and concludes with a quantitative chapter on the relationship between union victories and establishment survival. This interdisciplinary collection of original scholarship on New Labor offers a window into an otherwise invisible emergent social movement. (publisher's statement)

PB - Cornell University Press CY - Ithaca, NY L2 - eng N1 - ID: nyu_aleph001143110; Includes bibliographical references (p. 281]-293) and index. ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life Y1 - 2002 A1 - Zander, R. S. A1 - Zander, B. KW - communication KW - creativity KW - leadership AB -

Presenting twelve breakthrough practices for bringing creativity into all human endeavors, this book is the dynamic product of an extraordinary partnership. It combines Benjamin Zander's experience as conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and his talent as a teacher and communicator with psychotherapist Rosamund Stone Zander's genius for designing innovative paradigms for personal and professional fulfillment. The authors' harmoniously interwoven perspectives provide a deep sense of the powerful role that the notion of possibility can play in every aspect of life. Through uplifting stories, parables, and personal anecdotes, the Zanders invite readers to become passionate communicators, leaders, and performers whose lives radiate possibility into the world. (publisher's statement)

PB - Penguin Books CY - New York SN - 0142001104 9780142001103 L2 - eng N1 - ID: 50772134 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Radical Change, The Quiet Way JF - Harvard Business Review Y1 - 2001 A1 - Meyerson, D. E. KW - cultural change KW - leadership KW - management KW - organizational change KW - organizational restructuring AB -

At some point, many managers yearn to confront assumptions, practices, or values in their organizations that they feel are counterproductive or even downright wrong. Yet, they can face an uncomfortable dilemma: If they speak out too loudly, resentment may build toward them; if they remain silent, resentment will build inside them. Is there any way, then, to rock the boat without falling out of it? In 15 years of research, professor Debra Meyerson has observed hundreds of professionals who have dealt with this problem by working behind the scenes, engaging in a subtle form of grassroots leadership. She calls them "tempered radicals" because they effect significant changes in moderate ways. Meyerson has identified four incremental approaches that managers can quietly use to create lasting cultural change. Most subtle is "disruptive self-expression" in dress, office decor, or behavior, which can slowly change an unproductive atmosphere as people increasingly notice and emulate it. By using "verbal jujitsu," an individual can redirect the force of an insensitive statement or action to improve the situation. "Variable-term opportunists" spot, create, and capitalize on short- and long-term chances for change. And through "strategic alliance building," an individual can join with others to promote change with more force. By adjusting these approaches to time and circumstance, tempered radicals work subtly but effectively to alter the status quo. In so doing, they exercise a form of leadership that is more modest and less visible than traditional forms--yet no less significant. Top managers who want to create cultural or organizational change--perhaps they're moving tradition-bound businesses down new roads--should seek out these tempered radicals, for they are masters at transforming organizations from the grass roots. (publisher's statement)

PB - Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University. CY - Boston [etc. VL - 79 SN - 0017-8012 L2 - eng CP - 9 N1 - ID: 95627252 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Leadership Development and Organizing: For What Kind of Union? JF - Labor Studies Journal Y1 - 1999 A1 - Eisenscher, M. A1 - Saltzman, G. M. A1 - LaPorte, P. KW - labor movement KW - leaders KW - leadership KW - organizing AB -

This essay examines the circumstances that have elevated rebuilding the labor movement to the highest priority and yet most difficult challenge confronting organized labor today. It is the basis on which "organizing the unorganized" has become the clarion call of the New Voice reform team that assumed leadership of the AFL-CIO in 1995. But organizing for what kind of union? The author describes the attributes of three organizational archetypes: the service model or business union, the mobilization or activist model union, and the participatory or social movement union. Obviously, few existing unions fit neatly into or can be accurately described by a single construct, but as prototypes they offer a framework for analyzing unions and to distinguish the strategies associated with and the forms, role, and development of leadership within each type. It is this latter point--the nature of leadership, its relationship to the form of union, and how it can be developed in the process of rebuilding the labor movement--that is the focal point of this discussion.

VL - 24 SN - 0160-449x L2 - eng CP - 2 N1 - ID: 42720849 ER -