Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787984264 ISBN 13: 9780787984267

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2006

Synopsis

Organization Development is a one-stop guide to the world of planned change. Organization development has a powerful and influential heritage, solid core, evolving applications and approaches, and a vital role to play in today's global, fast-paced world of constant change. This volume immerses readers deeply in organization development's power and possibilities.

Newcomers to the field can read the book cover to cover and explore organization development's foundation, scope, focus, purpose, and methods. Experienced consultants and change agents will find chapters that capture best thinking on key topics--resources for fine-tuning skills, learning about intervention options, envisioning organization development's future, or reflecting on the larger issues in growth and change. Leaders and managers will find the resources they need to understand the route to organizational health and effectiveness, and to develop, launch, and nourish successful change efforts.

This is the third book in the Jossey-Bass Reader series. The collection of chapters will introduce you to the key thinkers and contributors in organization development including Ed Lawler, Peter Senge, Chris Argyris, Richard Hackman, Jay Galbraith, Cooperrider, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Bolman & Deal, Kouzes & Posner, and Ed Schein, among others.  The editor's interludes and organization of the book will help you appreciate the foundations and the growth of OD as a field and as a method of planned change.

About this title

About the Author

Joan V. Gallos is professor of leadership, University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Director of the Bloch Executive MBA at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. For more information about the author, see the author's website at joangallos.com

From the Back Cover

Organization Development is a one-stop guide to the world of planned change. Newcomers to the field can read the book cover to cover and explore organization development's foundation, scope, focus, purpose, and methods. Experienced consultants and change agents will find chapters that capture best thinking on key topics--resources for fine-tuning skills, learning about intervention options, envisioning organization development's future, or reflecting on the larger issues in growth and change. Leaders and managers will find the resources they need to understand the route to organizational health and effectiveness, and to develop, launch, and nourish successful change efforts. Organization development has a powerful and influential heritage, solid core, evolving applications and approaches, and a vital role to play in today's global, fast-paced world of constant change. This volume immerses readers deeply in organization development's power and possibilities.

Contributors include: Billie Alban, Chris Argyris, Ron Ashkenas, John R. Austin, Jean M. Bartunek, Franklin Becker, Richard Beckhard, Beth Benjamin, Peter Block, Gene Boccialetti, Lee G. Bolman, David L. Bradford, Barbara Bunker, W. Warner Burke, Bernard Burnes, Jay Conger, David L. Cooperrider, Terrence E. Deal, Linda Dickens, Peter F. Drucker, Jane E. Dutton, Peter J. Frost, Marshall Goldsmith, Jay Galbraith, Joan V. Gallos, Marc S. Gerstein, Louis "Tex" Gunning, Phil Harkins, Stuart L. Hart, Todd Jick, Jason M. Kanov, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Steve Kerr, John Kotter, James Kouzes, Edward E. Lawler, Jacoba M. Lilius, Sally Maitlis, Robert J. Marshak, Keith Merron, Philip H. Mirvis, Howard Morgan, David A. Nadler, Glenn M. Parker, Barry Posner, Joseph A. Raelin, Michael J. Sales, Edgar H. Schein, Roger Schwarz, Leslie E. Sekerka, Peter M. Senge, Fritz Steele, David A. Thomas, William R. Torbert, Dave Ulrich, Karen Watkins, Marvin Weisbord, Alan Weiss, Monica C. Worline

From the Inside Flap

Organization Development is a one-stop guide to the world of planned change. Newcomers to the field can read the book cover to cover and explore organization development's foundation, scope, focus, purpose, and methods. Experienced consultants and change agents will find chapters that capture best thinking on key topics--resources for fine-tuning skills, learning about intervention options, envisioning organization development's future, or reflecting on the larger issues in growth and change. Leaders and managers will find the resources they need to understand the route to organizational health and effectiveness, and to develop, launch, and nourish successful change efforts. Organization development has a powerful and influential heritage, solid core, evolving applications and approaches, and a vital role to play in today's global, fast-paced world of constant change. This volume immerses readers deeply in organization development's power and possibilities.

Contributors include Billie Alban
Chris Argyris
Ron Ashkenas
John R. Austin
Jean M. Bartunek
Franklin Becker
Richard Beckhard
Beth Benjamin
Peter Block
Gene Boccialetti
Lee G. Bolman
David L. Bradford
Barbara Bunker
W. Warner Burke
Bernard Burnes
Jay Conger
David L. Cooperrider
Terrence E. Deal
Linda Dickens
Peter F. Drucker
Jane E. Dutton
Peter J. Frost
Marshall Goldsmith
Jay Galbraith
Joan V. Gallos
Marc S. Gerstein
Louis Tex Gunning
Phil Harkins
Stuart L. Hart
Todd Jick
Jason M. Kanov
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Steve Kerr
John Kotter
James Kouzes
Edward E. Lawler
Jacoba M. Lilius
Sally Maitlis
Robert J. Marshak
Keith Merron
Philip H. Mirvis
Howard Morgan
David A. Nadler
Glenn M. Parker
Barry Posner
Joseph A. Raelin
Michael J. Sales
Edgar H. Schein
Roger Schwarz
Leslie E. Sekerka
Peter M. Senge
Fritz Steele
David A. Thomas
William R. Torbert
Dave Ulrich
Karen Watkins
Marvin Weisbord
Alan Weiss
Monica C. Worline

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0787984264
• ISBN 13: 9780787984267
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1088
• Editor: Joan V. Gallos