Description
Book SynopsisExploring every stage of the organization development process, in his new edition Donald L. Anderson includes new strategies for change such as appreciative inquiry, world café, and open space. Emphasizing organization development ethics and values in each chapter, the text provides real-world applications and equips students with the tools necessary to thrive in today’s challenging business environment. The new edition features:
- Expanded coverage of whole organization and multiple-organization interventions, now explored in two chapters, examine large-scale interventions such as culture assessment and change, organization design and structure, and mergers and acquisitions.
- New discussion questions, exercises, activities, and role-plays allow students to apply and practice OD concepts.
- New coverage of dialogic approaches to OD (Chapter 13) unpack new strategies like appreciative inquiry, world café, and open space.
- New examples of global organization development (Chapter 15) help students develop a global perspective of OD.
Updated and expanded Instructor Resources include a test bank, PowerPoint presentations, and video resources.
Table of ContentsPreface Exercises and Activities Ancillaries Acknowledgements 1. What is Organization Development? 2. History of Organization Development 3. Core Values and Ethics of Organization Development 4. Foundations of Organizational Change 5. The Organization Development Practitioner and the OD Process 6. Entry and Contracting 7. Data Gathering 8. Diagnosis and Feedback 9. An Introduction to Interventions 10. Individual Interventions 11. Team Interventions 12. Whole Organization and Multiple Organization Interventions 13. Organization Culture and Design Interventions 14. Sustanining Change, Evaluating, and Ending an Engagement 15. Global Issues in Organization Development 16. The Future of Organization Development References Author Index Subject Index About the Author
