
- 247 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This engaging and accessible textbook shows the importance and role of organizational development around the world, within the context of organizational change. Fostering an analytic approach to organizational issues, it charts the evolution of the field and shows how today OD fosters organizational effectiveness and individual wellbeing. Firmly grounded in a global perspective, it provides a contemporary analysis of OD and highlights the key diagnostic and intervention techniques that can be used to build organizational effectiveness. With a range of critical perspectives, skills development exercises, and practitioner insight, this book blends theory and practice to show OD's conceptualization and its application to contemporary issues faced by organizations. Suitable for upper undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level, this is the ideal textbook for anyone studying organizational development.
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Practice Insights Grid
- About the Author
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1: OD in Focus: Values, Ethics and Role
- 2: Theoretical Perspectives of OD
- 3: OD Engagement Cycle: Initial Meeting and Contracting
- 4: Investigation: Discovering What Needs to Change
- 5: Analysis and Feedback: Making Sense of Data
- 6: Interventions: Generating Solutions
- 7: Designing for Change
- 8: Implementing OD Interventions
- 9: Evaluating, Embedding and Exiting
- 10: The Co-Production of OD Interventions: Fostering Ownership
- 11: Global OD and Diversity
- 12: Career Paths and Capabilities
- Glossary
- Index