Brief and Simple; Solution Focus in Organisations

Natalie-Polgar, Katalin Hankovsky

Abstract

The first impression one has is of a substantial textbook. The work is divided into eight sections on different topics such as: One Swallow Makes a Summer; When Leaders Initiate Change; How to Change Solidified Structure; Large Scale Interventions; Generating Directions; Solution Focused Organizations; Modus Operandi; and Lessons Learnt. Each section contains five or six essays or case studies. This adds up to 46 contributions by 37 authors from across Europe. I have met some of these authors; among them are world authorities on the application of SF ideas in a wide range of settings. Katalin and Natalie have clearly put in a great deal of personal time in order to create this book. They have been contributors as well as editors. In their interviews with others they have brought out many points of interest by their questioning tech- niques. A similar book by McKergow and Clarke (Solution Focused Working 2007) used such methods to include many lessons about SF work in organisations.

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