Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for Consultants - Hardcover

Rothwell, William J.; Sullivan, Roland L.; McLean, Gary N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0883903792 ISBN 13: 9780883903797

Publisher: Jossey Bass, 1995

Synopsis

Enhanced with exhibits, activities, instruments, case studies, and more, each section of this indispensable resource shows you how to implement the change process. The editors, themselves leaders in the field of OD, include insights from a wide variety of well–known practitioners.

You′ll get valuable tips on:

Defining OD

Marketing OD services

Planning and conducting an intervention

Assessing the effort and gathering feedback

Conducting large–scale and small–scale interventions

Using OD methods internationally

Maintaining ethical standards in OD . . . and much more!

In addition, the book outlines the eight steps in action research: entry, start–up, assessment and feedback, action planning, intervention, evaluation, adoption, and separation. You′ll learn the methods for applying each step and the competencies required to successfully conduct each one.

Practicing Organization Development is packed with useful, current, proven direction on applying OD principles in the real world––order your copy today!

About this title

Review

"Since the OD series in 1967, no other work has offered so much practical and conceptual material for OD practitioners." (Richard Beckhard, Coeditor, Addison–Wesley OD Series)

From the Back Cover

Practicing Organization Development, 2nd Edition

Since it was first published in 1995, Practicing Organization Development has become a classic in change management. In this completely revised and updated second edition, expert authors walk you through each episode of change facilitation.

The second edition is enhanced with exhibits, activities, instruments, and case studies. This indispensable guide will help apply each phase of a popular emerging change making model. The editors, themselves leaders in the field of OD, include applied research and insights from a wide variety of well–known practitioners and academicians.

A comprehensive resource, included is an instructor′s guide, ever expanding materials on the Web, PowerPointTM slides and supplemental materials on the companion CD–ROM.

Praise for Practicing Organization Development, 2nd Edition

"Nowadays a good roadmap is needed to navigate all the roads, and this book does a great job of telling the reader of the variety of destinations that can be reached and how to reach them . . . this book is as complete a compendium on what OD is and can be as is currently available."
—Dr. Edgar H. Schein, Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus, MIT Sloan School of Management, co–founder of the Addison–Wesley OD series in 1969

"Many of our organizations are in a crucible. Crucibles are utterly transformational experiences from which one emerges either hopelessly broken or powerfully emboldened to learn and lead. This book is a bright signal of what our change field has to assist you to become successful and make a difference in all you do."
—Dr. Warren Bennis, professor and founding chairman of The Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey Bass
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0883903792
• ISBN 13: 9780883903797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 656