Description
Book SynopsisThis resource presents a unified framework for understanding organization development and demonstrates its organizational impact and specifies what types of efforts and interventions should and should not represent organization development.
Trade Review"Organizational Development admirably meets its goals." (Quality Progress, November 2002)
Table of ContentsForeword (Eduardo Salas).
Preface.
The Authors.
Part One: Quantitative and Qualitative Approachesto Organization Development.
1 Introduction and Overview of OrganizationDevelopment as a Data-Driven Approach forOrganizational Change (Janine Waclawski, Allan H. Church).
2 Multisource Feedback for OrganizationDevelopment and Change (Allan H. Church, Alan G. Walker, Joel Brockner).
3 The Role of Personality Assessment inOrganization Development (W. Warner Burke, Debra A. Noumair).
4 Surveys as a Tool for Organization Developmentand Change (Salvatore V. Falletta, Wendy Combs).
5 Interviews and Focus Groups: QuintessentialOrganization Development Techniques (Janine Waclawski, Steven G. Rogelberg).
6 Organization Development and the Bottom Line:Linking Soft Measures and Hard Measures (Steven H. Cady, Mark J. Lewis).
Part Two: Process-Based Approaches to Organization Development.
7 Process Consultation: A Cornerstone ofOrganization Development Practice (William M. Kahnweiler).
8 The Heart of It All: Group- and Team-BasedInterventions in Organization Development (Richard W. Woodman, William A. Pasmore).
9 Action Learning (Victoria J. Marsick, Judy O Neil, Karen E. Watkins).
10 Appreciative Inquiry: The New Frontier (Stephen P. Fitzgerald, Kenneth L. Murrell, H. Lynn Newman).
11 Understanding and Using Large SystemInterventions (Barbara Benedict Bunker, Billie T. Alban).
Part Three: Major Developments in OrganizationDevelopment.
12 Organization Development and IT: Practicing ODin the Virtual World (Nancy T. Tippins).
13 Around the World: Organization Development inthe International Context (Michael Marquardt).
14 Evaluating the Impact of Organization DevelopmentInterventions (Jennifer W. Martineau, Hallie Preskill).
15 Organization Development Ethics: ReconcilingTensions in OD Values (Gary N. McLean, Susan H. DeVogel).
16 Voices from the Field: Future Directions forOrganization Development (Allan H. Church, Janine Waclawski, Seth A. Berr).
Name Index.
Subject Index.
