Organization Development: A Practitioner's Guide for OD and HR - Softcover

Cheung-Judge, Mee-Yan; Holbeche, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749470178 ISBN 13: 9780749470173

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2015

Synopsis

Written by two of the leading experts in the field, Organization Development is a guide to the basic principles of effective organization development.

A compendium of theories, practices, diagnostics techniques and figures, it provides practical advice for identifying an organization's needs and determining the most appropriate course of action to maximize organizational capability. It provides an overview of the history and theory of OD and addresses the various phases, the role of the practitioner, aspects of power and politics, and the human resources context. The book also discusses organizational design, culture change, managing transformational change, and developing effective leadership.

Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this fully updated new edition of Organization Development now includes coverage of complexity and chaos theory, new case studies describing OD practices and attitudes in countries outside of the US and UK, and new chapters on change and culture and on employee engagement and wellbeing. The authors also have added emphasis on the collaborations between OD and HR functions. It provides a wealth of helpful advice for OD practitioners, HR professionals and those with an interest in helping develop their organization.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr. Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge was the founder of Quality & Equality Ltd and the author of many organisational development articles. She spoke, wrote and delivered most of the OD training programmes in the UK and was voted one of the 25 most influential thinkers in HR by HR Magazine in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019.

Dr Linda Holbeche is Co-Director of the Holbeche Partnership, Adjunct Professor at Imperial College London Business School, UK, and Visiting Professor at four other UK universities. She acts as consultant on OD, HR, Strategy and Leadership. She is Fellow of Roffey Park and the Institute of Employment Studies and was previously Director of Research and Policy at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Director of Leadership and Consultancy at the Work Foundation. In 2021 she was named as one of the Most Influential HR Thinkers by HR Magazine and is the co-author of Organization Development, also published by Kogan Page.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749470178
• ISBN 13: 9780749470173
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 448