Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement

French, Wendell, and Bell, Cecil

ISBN 10: 013242231X / ISBN 13: 9780132422314

Published by Pearson, 1999

About this Item

368 p. Audience: Professional and scholarly. Fair. Pages have underlining and occasional notations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement
• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013242231X
• ISBN 13: 9780132422314
• Binding: Trade paperback
• Edition: 6th edition.

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Synopsis

Appropriate for courses in Organization Development, this new edition explores the improvement of organizations through planned, systematic, long-range efforts focused on the organization's culture and its human and social processes. The authors present a concise and comprehensive exposition of the theory, practice, and research related to organization development. The Sixth Edition reflects the most recent developments, advances and expansions, and research in the area of OD.

About the Author

Wendell French, PhD Harvard University, is a retired professor of management and organization from the University of Washington. His fields of specialty are organizational development and human resource management, including team building, inter-group team building, and human resource policies. His consulting work focuses on participative approaches to organizational improvement, assessment of HRM programs, and management and supervisory development. He is the author of several books and has contributed to numerous business and professional journals.

Cecil H. Bell (1935 - 2009) was born in Nashville, TN. He earned his master's degree in General Psychology at Boston University in 1960. He taught for 30 years at the University of Washington Graduate School of Business, Department of Management and Organization. He is the author of numerous publications and the co-author of a well-known book in his field of study,  Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement.