Human Systems Development
Author: Robert Tannenbaum
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 648
ISBN-13:
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Community Organization and Development
Author: Steve Clarke
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2017-03-23
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1786830515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book traces the development of community development/organization as it evolved separately in Britain and the United States, and how the social and political situations in each country determined the various shapes and directions it took. In presenting a comprehensive history of the subject, Community Organization and Development draws on local and international factors that have helped to shape its application and fortunes across varied settings. Recent economic and social pressures, the changing demographics of developed economies, and the rise of social and cultural diversity all contribute to the need for a comprehensive model that can be deployed to effect the necessary social changes required for sustained change with stability. The history of this intervention technique throws up many examples from which insight can be gained for the present time, and Wales is used as an example of how national policy and local development could be combined for maximum effect. Community development should become reliable and quantifiable, and the comprehensive model developed here demonstrates how and when it should be deployed.
Organization Development
Author: Julie Hodges
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2020-02-08
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1352009293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis engaging and accessible textbook shows the importance and role of organizational development around the world, within the context of organizational change. Fostering an analytic approach to organizational issues, it charts the evolution of the field and shows how today OD fosters organizational effectiveness and individual wellbeing. Firmly grounded in a global perspective, it provides a contemporary analysis of OD and highlights the key diagnostic and intervention techniques that can be used to build organizational effectiveness. With a range of critical perspectives, skills development exercises, and practitioner insight, this book blends theory and practice to show OD's conceptualization and its application to contemporary issues faced by organizations. Suitable for upper undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level, this is the ideal textbook for anyone studying organizational development.
Global Organization Development
Author: Therese F. Yaeger
Publisher: IAP
Published: 2006-08-01
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 1607527944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose of this book is to address one of the most rapidly growing and important areas in the field of organization development. Despite its importance, relatively little is known about international and global organization development. This book is designed to summarize and apply the existing knowledge in international and global organization development in such a fashion as to provide insight, knowledge, and application in a way that is most helpful to the organization development professional who is interested in, or working in, the field. The book incorporates models of cultural differences, which are identified and expanded in terms of the implications for the practice of organization development. (1) It explores cultural values in terms of differences in resistance to change, the nature of leadership roles, organizational structure and the application of such organization development techniques as team building, survey feedback, job redesign, and large group methods. (2) It explore successes in both developed and developing countries. (3) It provides a list of competencies both for basic knowledge and skills and their extension to international work. It explores the match between organization development interventions and national cultural values. (4) It explores the role of economic development and legal and political structures for global organization development practitioners. It deals with the issue of culture specific versus universal organization development techniques. (5) It incorporates stories from pioneers in the field as well as more recent members of the organization development community. (6) It uses illustrations from award-winning international projects. (7) It draws on a substantial amount of work undertaken by the authors including over one hundred interviews with leading organization development professionals, surveys of organization development professionals, articles and books on international/global organization development and the authors’ own international research including an award winning international case.
Dialogic Organization Development
Author: Gervase R. Bushe
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2015-05-26
Total Pages: 455
ISBN-13: 1626564051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Dynamic New Approach to Organizational Change Dialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of thinking and acting and the use of generative images to stimulate new organizational conversations and narratives. This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to Dialogic Organization Development with chapters by a global team of leading scholar-practitioners addressing both theoretical foundations and specific practices.
Organization Development
Author: Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Published: 2015-05-03
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 0749470186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by two of the leading experts in the field, Organization Development is a guide to the basic principles of effective organization development. A compendium of theories, practices, diagnostics techniques and figures, it provides practical advice for identifying an organization's needs and determining the most appropriate course of action to maximize organizational capability. It provides an overview of the history and theory of OD and addresses the various phases, the role of the practitioner, aspects of power and politics, and the human resources context. The book also discusses organizational design, culture change, managing transformational change, and developing effective leadership. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this fully updated new edition of Organization Development now includes coverage of complexity and chaos theory, new case studies describing OD practices and attitudes in countries outside of the US and UK, and new chapters on change and culture and on employee engagement and wellbeing. The authors also have added emphasis on the collaborations between OD and HR functions. It provides a wealth of helpful advice for OD practitioners, HR professionals and those with an interest in helping develop their organization.
Computer Systems Development
Author: Andrew L. Friedman
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book outlines the entire history of computer systems development. Based on surveys from Europe, Japan, Australia, and the United States, it emphasizes the rising concern with user relations as a major shift in systems development.
Organization Development
Author: Donald L. Anderson
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2011-06-17
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1412987741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book provides a good open-systems introduction to the topic of organization change, presenting the big concepts in a way that managers can use.
Strategic Organization Development
Author: Therese F. Yaeger
Publisher: IAP
Published: 2009-10-01
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1607523353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis second volume in the Contemporary Trends in Organization Development and Change Series addresses one of the most complex and important issues for management and organization development today -- how to plan for and create an organization capable of not only competing but excelling in an almost impossibly turbulent and uncertain environment. The book brings together a series of articles by practitioner-scholars. Those authors who have the responsibility for helping their organization create the future, and who also have the responsibility of helping us conceptually understand the process of strategic OD. In this book, you can sense the value of both of these voices – the practitioner and the scholar. These authors include organization development executives from global Fortune 500 organizations, major community service organizations, major academic contributors to the field, and OD practitioners from major consulting firms. Each author makes a unique contribution by providing strategies for planning the future, implementing change, and creating organizational capabilities for sustained success. New and current models for strategic organization development and candid discussions of issues, difficulties, and ways of coping with unanticipated events are provided. This book is dedicated to contributing to a better understanding and sharing of how major corporations, community service organizations, and OD consultants are experiencing and working with one of the most important organizational problems of today – how to manage change for success.
Organization Development and Change
Author: Thomas G. Cummings
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781428811010
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