Synopsis
Step-by-step OD for practitioners
This comprehensive guide outlines the methodology for conducting 17 specific interventions. Specific steps and strategies are provided as well as the rationale for each particular approach.
Part I presents a basic model of organization development and explores managerial motivation for engaging in OD and how to start an OD effort.
Part II provides detailed intervention designs.
Part III analyzes several practitioner concerns.
Intervention Titles
- New Team Start-Up
- Transition Planning
- Team Building
- Multigroup Mirror
- Issue Census
- Team Goal Setting
- Strategic Planning
- Survey-Guided Development
- New-Plant Start-Up
- Job Development
- Role Development
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Plan every intervention with foresight and authority. Written by a trio of top-flight practitioners, this essential guide outlines specific methodologies for conducting seventeen distinct organization development projects. The authors provide a general model followed by detailed designs, specific steps and strategies for success, and rationales for each recommended approach. The interventions discussed are for improving the effectiveness of organizational systems, identifying and resolving priority issues, and recognizing organizational strengths and weaknesses. The guide also offers sound advice on how to win executive approval for interventions and gain managerial support.Tips on action planning and follow-up are included.
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Plan every intervention with foresight and authority. Written by a trio of top-flight practitioners, this essential guide outlines specific methodologies for conducting seventeen distinct organization development projects. The authors provide a general model followed by detailed designs, specific steps and strategies for success, and rationales for each recommended approach. The interventions discussed are for improving the effectiveness of organizational systems, identifying and resolving priority issues, and recognizing organizational strengths and weaknesses. The guide also offers sound advice on how to win executive approval for interventions and gain managerial support.Tips on action planning and follow-up are included.
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