ISBN 90-430-1100- 2             Prijs: € 29.95             Uitvoering: hc             Aantal pagina's 208             verschenen op 14-07-2005 The Values Matrix                Hans Koppenol en Hans Versnel The Values Matrix is about the way values control our lives and our organisations. Values determine our thoughts and emotions. By nature, all people are trapped in the values matrix: our brain steers our thoughts, our behaviour and our emotions by way of values. This is done according to the set patterns of the values matrix. The patterns not only control our individual thinking and feeling, but they also control processes in organisations. To understand the values matrix is to understand people and organisations much better. The Values Matrix breaks away from many conventions in thinking about ourselves and offers a revolutionary outlook on the functioning of organisations. This book is the result of large-scale motive measurements, of intense brain work and literature study and of countless sessions with groups and individuals. The authors tested their ideas on more than 100,000 people from a wide range of categories, from hairdressers and bus drivers to captains of industry and members of government. They advise the top echelon of society, and in this book they share their knowledge with you. Original, confronting and crammed with surprising insights. But most of all practical and applicable. This book offers some probing lessons for (change) managers, based on research and practical experience. Anyone who wants to change behaviour first needs to understand that everyone is ‘trapped’ in his own values matrix. After reading this book, managers will be aware of the fact that organisational cultures are not a natural phenomenon, but are often the result of their own actions. Their daily steering determines the room the different values get in an organisation. Realising this makes the reading of this book even more interesting. Hans de Graaf - HR Manager Sales Organisation ING Bank At last a book that does not preach about management ideals, but that offers a solid and accessible framework.With this book Versnel and Koppenol have further elaborated their ideas and made them applicable for management practice. The language of the values matrix frames the behaviour of people and provides insight.We have noticed that players in teams and organisations quickly understand this language and with it their own challenges. Hein J.M. Knaapen - HR Manager Unilever The Netherlands