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Cambridge Books

Unencorporating Education
Author: William J. Cook, Jr.
© 2005 (256 pages)
The Cambridge Institute / Montgomery
$39.95

The thesis of this book is simple: the nation’s fundamental institutions, by intent or by default, have abandoned the historical Western idea of education and thus have opened the door for a hostile takeover by corporate America. The result is an educational system, if it may be so called, that has been robbed of its essential human nature (educare) and turned into a rationalized process designed to produce profitable workers, according to industry specifications. The individual is diminished to servitude; true democracy rendered impossible.

Strategic Planning for America's Schools
Author: William J. Cook, Jr., Ph.D.
© 2000 (175 pages)
Cambridge Strategic Services / Montgomery
$29.95

This best-selling book has been completely updated and refined to enhance your understanding of the discipline and process of strategic planning. Discover how strategic planning can enable you to create a brighter educational future for the students in your district or school system. It is the definitive work on strategic planning for education. This revised edition includes:

* A section on Site-Based Planning
* A sample plan of a district currently operating under a strategic plan
* Samples of Mutual Expectation forms
* Occasional Essays

Strategics®: The Art and Science of Holistic Strategy
Author: William J. Cook, Jr., Ph.D.
© November 2000 (320 pages)
Greenwood Publishing Group / Connecticut - London
$99.95

This book is about Strategics®, not as the idea is currently interpreted and applied in corporate strategy, but as the only human power with the potential of radically transforming existing organizations into systems of continuous creation. In its full expression, Strategics® has three aspects: Thinking, Planning, and Action.

Although strategic issues may change from time to time, Strategic Thinking will always embrace five arenas: the definition of strategy; the meaning of leaders and leading; the distinction between condition and cause; and nature of systems; and the characteristics of organization.

The recent popularity of Strategic Planning as a management practice has all but obscured the original concept, and, consequently, has diminished its effect on human systems. The only definition that captures the original intent is: Strategic Planning is the means by which a community of people create artifactual systems to serve extraordinary purpose.

Strategic Action defines the three kinds of action and explains how each can be instrumental in realizing the plan in two ways: by conforming organization to action and by systemizing all action. The result is that organizations can go far beyond merely improving that which already exists. They can actually create new systems that are capable of constant emergence—always vital, always creative.

The Evolving Corporation: A Humanist Interpretation
Author: William J. Cook, Jr., Ph.D.
© November 2000 (338 pages)
Greenwood Publishing Group / Connecticut - London
$96.95

The modern corporation, which has been the dominant organization of Western civilization, inevitably is being replaced by a new system of human organization that correspondingly reflects the changing aspects of that society. This book traces the historical and philosophical development of the corporation-model organization, to offer a critical analysis of the modern corporation, and to suggest the dimensions and dynamics of the emerging organizations. This book is a challenge to the corporation-model organization in three ways: it reveals the corporation as a rationalistic contradiction of religion and science that is impossible to sustain; it argues that the contemporary corporation is fundamentally adverse to both the individual and society; it proposes an alternative organization that is exclusively and only dedicated to the common good.

Workbooks

Strategic Planning Workbook
$6.25

Site Planning Workbook
$6.25

These workbooks are helpful tools for districts beginning their planning process. It defines the elements in the strategic and site planning disciplines and includes examples of each with additional workspace for participants. It also contains forms used in the initial planning process.

Manuals

Action Team Leader's Guide
$ 24.95

This guide has evolved over several years as Cambridge facilitators worked with action team leaders in over 800 organizations. Written as instruction, it is intended to offer practical, step-by-step assistance in dealing with the issues and concerns faced most often by team leaders. Since the development of action plans is the most important phase of planning, not even the smallest detail can be left to chance. And beyond that, the credibility of the entire plan depends on the action plans. This manual details action team orientation, development, benefits, activities, outlines of team meetings, and includes handouts and reference material for reproduction.

Note: Only persons that have attended the 5-day Strategic Planning Program or a school district or business that has had Cambridge Strategic Services facilitate a Site Planning Program may purchase these workbooks.