Handbook of Organization Development"Cummings has assembled an organization development dream team to provide an overview of the field, fully mature as a discipline and practice, and ever evolving beyond its origins in psychology...Complete with a name and subject index, this volume is significant in relevance and gravitas, unveiling the hard-fought wisdom of the theorists and practitioners who shaped, and are shaped, by the dynamic work of managing change in organizations. A veritable one-stop resource on the topic of organization development—its history, process, practices, and pitfalls." Key Features:
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
THE NATURE OF ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT | 11 |
Learning in Organizations | 53 |
Four General Strategies for Changing Human Systems | 69 |
Wheres the Beef? A Clinical Perspective | 79 |
THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS | 97 |
Action Research and Organization Development | 123 |
Organization Development Diagnosis | 137 |
Strategic Interventions | 385 |
Embracing the Paradox of E and O | 405 |
A Process for Changing Organization Culture | 429 |
Organization Development at the Top of the Enterprise | 447 |
The Order and Chaos of the Learning Organization | 475 |
Designing Organizations to Lead With Knowledge | 519 |
SPECIAL APPLICATIONS OF ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT | 539 |
Organization Development | 553 |
Conceptual Underpinnings of Intervening in Organizations | 151 |
Groups as Agents of Change | 167 |
ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS | 217 |
Team Building | 237 |
TechnoStructural Interventions | 277 |
Musings on the Past and Future of Employee Empowerment | 311 |
Organization Design | 325 |
Human Resource Interventions | 353 |
The Use of Strategic Career Development | 367 |
Sustainable Organizations | 573 |
Organization Development for Social Change | 593 |
Organization Development in Nongovernment Organizations | 615 |
Developing Interorganizational Networks | 629 |
Transorganizational Development | 651 |
Name Index | 677 |
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About the Editor | 709 |