Organization development

A data-driven approach to organizational change

Janine Waclawski, Allan H Church

354 pages, parution le 05/12/2001

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Résumé

Organization Development—the thirteenth volume in the Professional Practice Series—offers practitioners a comprehensive resource for understanding the theory and practice of OD and demonstrates its organizational effectiveness. The book offers a fresh source for exploring the primary theoretical influences on OD, shows how data-driven OD methods can be applied across a wide variety of organizational settings, discusses the major issues and trends in the field, and includes a wealth of helpful models and practical suggestions for applying these techniques in organizations.

Table of Contents

Foreword (Eduardo Salas).
Preface.
The Authors.
Part One: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Organization Development.
1 Introduction and Overview of Organization Development as a Data-Driven Approach for Organizational Change (Janine Waclawski, Allan H. Church).
2 Multisource Feedback for Organization Development and Change (Allan H. Church, Alan G. Walker, Joel Brockner).
3 The Role of Personality Assessment in Organization Development (W. Warner Burke, Debra A. Noumair).
4 Surveys as a Tool for Organization Development and Change (Salvatore V. Falletta, Wendy Combs).
5 Interviews and Focus Groups: Quintessential Organization 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 of Organization Development Practice (William M. Kahnweiler).
8 The Heart of It All: Group- and Team-Based Interventions 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 System Interventions (Barbara Benedict Bunker, Billie T. Alban).
Part Three: Major Developments in Organization Development.
12 Organization Development and IT: Practicing OD in the Virtual World (Nancy T. Tippins).
13 Around the World: Organization Development in the International Context (Michael Marquardt).
14 Evaluating the Impact of Organization Development Interventions (Jennifer W. Martineau, Hallie Preskill).
15 Organization Development Ethics: Reconciling Tensions in OD Values (Gary N. McLean, Susan H. DeVogel).
16 Voices from the Field: Future Directions for Organization Development (Allan H. Church, Janine Waclawski, Seth A. Berr).
Name Index.
Subject Index.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Jossey-Bass
Auteur(s)	Janine Waclawski, Allan H Church
Parution	05/12/2001
Nb. de pages	354
Format	15,5 x 23,3
Couverture	Relié
Poids	734g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780787957186
ISBN13	978-0-7879-5718-6