Organization development: a process of learning and changing

Description

Organization Development, Third Edition is today's complete overview of the OD discipline for managers, executives, administrators, consultants, and students alike. Fully updated to reflect major changes since the classic Second Edition, it explains how OD is now practiced, and how it is continuing to evolve. The authors illuminate each key theory in the field, giving readers the background they need to translate theory into action, make key choices, help organizations learn, and lead change. 1. What is organization development? -- 2. Organization development then and now -- 3. Where did OD come from? -- 4. Organization development as a process of change -- 5. Defining the client: a different perspective -- 6. Understanding organizations: the process of diagnosis -- 7. The Burke-Litwin model of organizational performance and change -- 8. Understanding organizations: covert processes -- 9. Planning and managing change -- 10. Understanding and changing loosely coupled systems -- 11. Does Organization Development work? -- 12. The Organization Development consultant -- 13. Coaching and Organization Development.