Dialogic Organization Development: The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change

Gervase Bushe, Robert Marshak

ISBN 10: 1626564043 / ISBN 13: 9781626564046

Published by Berrett-Koehler, US, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dialogic Organization Development: The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler, US
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626564043
• ISBN 13: 9781626564046
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 2 grams

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Synopsis

Dialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid,socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images change happens when those conversations and images change. Leaders and consultants can help foster, support, or accelerate the emergence of transformational possibilities by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of thinking and acting and the use of generative images to stimulate new organizational conversations and narratives. Dialogic OD is a different mindset, but it s also the previously unrecognized underpinning of such diverse change methods as Appreciative Inquiry, the Art of Convening, Future Search, and many more.

About the Author

Gervase R. Bushe is professor of leadership and organization development at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, USA and is a two-time winner of the Douglas McGregor Award.<br /><br />Robert J. Marshak is distinguished scholar in residence at the School of Public Affairs, American University. He has received the OD Network s Lifetime Achievement Award.