The OD Source Book : A Practitioner's Guide

The OD Source Book : A Practitioner's Guide

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Book Description
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

From the Inside Flap
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.

The OD Source Book : A Practitioner's Guide

The OD Source Book : A Practitioner's Guide,Robert M. Frame,Randy K. Hess,Warren R. Nielsen,Pfeiffer,0883901722,General,Organization Development,Organizational Behavior,Organizational change,Reference,Structural Adjustment,Business & Economics / Organizational Behavior,Organizational theory & behaviour

English Books:

1. The Peaceable Kingdom: Building a Company Without Factionalism, Fiefdoms, Fear and Other Staples of Modern Business
2. The Pursuit of Organizational Intelligence
3. The Workplace Revolution: Restoring Trust In Business And Bringing Meaning To Our Work
4. Trust and Distrust in Organizations: Dilemmas and Approaches (The Russell Sage Foundation Series on Trust, V. 7)
5. Understanding Behaviors for Effective Leadership (2nd Edition)
6. Understanding Organizations (Understanding Organization)
7. Vitality: Igniting Your Organization's Spirit (Crisp Trade Books)
8. Why Airplanes Crash : Aviation Safety in a Changing World
9. 2003 Red Book Report on the Committee of Infectious Diseases (Red Book: American Academy of Pediatrics)
10. Appreciative Inquiry: An Emerging Direction for Organization Development

English Books

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