Organization Development and Transformation is a paperback collection of 46 readings that focuses on how people function with and within organizations, and how to make the working relationship function best. This edition includes coverage of classic OD articles, coverage of topics such as self-directed teams, centers of excellence, and learning organizations







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PART 1 MAPPING THE TERRITORY

1 What is Organizational Development? Richard Beckhard

2 A History of Organization Development Wendell L. French and Cecil H. Bell, Jr.

3 General Strategies for Effecting Change in Human Systems Robert Chin and Kenneth D. Benne

4 Toward Third-Wave Managing and Consulting Marvin R. Weisbord

5 Organization Development and Transformation Jerry I. Porras and Robert C. Silvers

6 Most Influential Management Books of the 20th Century Arthur G. Bedian and Daniel A. Wren

PART 2 FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFORMATION

7 The Field Approach: Culture and Group Life as Quasi-Stationary Processes Kurt Lewin

8 Two-Person Disputes Carl Rogers

9 Intervention Theory and Method Chris Argyris

10 Intergroup Problems in Organizations Edgar H. Schein

11 Organizational Culture Edgar H. Schein

12 Sociotechnical System Principles and Guidelines: Past and Present William M. Fox

PART 3 FUNDAMENTAL INTERVENTIONS

13 Methods for Finding Out What's Going On Jack K. Fordyce and Raymond Weil

14 Operation KPE: Developing a New Organization Ishwar Dayal and John M. Thomas

15 When Power Conflicts Trigger Team Spirit Roger Harrison

16 Strategies for Improving Headquarters-Field Relations Robert Blake, Herbert A. Shepard, and Jane S. Mouton

17 Organization Mirror Interventions Wendell L. French and Cecil H. Bell, Jr.

18 The Confrontation Meeting Richard Beckhard

19 Parallel Learning Structures Gervase R. Bushe and A. B. (Rami) Shani

20 Survey-Guided Development: Using Human Resources Measurement in Organizational Change David G. Bowers and Jerome L. Franklin

PART 4 CUTTING-EDGE CHANGE STRATEGIES

21 Successful Self-Directed Teams and Planned Change: A Lot in Common Robert A. Zawacki and Carol A. Norman

22 Appreciative Inquiry: The New Frontier Stephen P. Fitzgerald, Kenneth L. Murrell and H. Lynn Newman

23 Future Search: Acting on Common Ground in Organizations and Communities Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff

24 Meeting the Global Competitive Challenge: Building Systems That Learn on a Large Scale Marvin R. Weisbord

25 Centers of Excellence: Empowering People to Manage Change Steven W. Lyle and Robert A. Zawacki

26 Building a Learning Organization David A. Garvin

27 Fast Cycle OD: ?Faster, Better, Cheaper? Catches up to Organization Development Merrill C. Anderson

PART 5 IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES AND ISSUES

28 Creating Readiness for Organizational Change Achilles A. Armenakis, Stanley G. Harris, and Kevin W. Mossholder

29 Defining a Political Model of Organizations Larry E. Greiner and Virginia E. Schein

30 Functional Roles of Group Members Kenneth D. Benne and Paul Sheats

31 Choosing the Depth of Organizational Intervention Roger Harrison

32 Rules of Thumb for Change Agents Herbert A. Shepard

33 Shining a New Light on Organizational Change: Improving Self-Efficacy Through Coaching John W. Malone

PART 6 EXAMPLES AND SPECIAL SITUATIONS

34 Creating Successful Organization Change Leonard D. Goodstein and W. Warner Burke

35 Managing Organizational Transformations: Lessons from the Veterans Health Administration Gary J. Young

36 Innovation in Whole Scale Change: Past, Present and Future Kathleen D. Dannemiller and Sylvia L. James

37 Organization Development in the Entrepreneurial Firm W. Gibb Dyer, Jr.

38 Are Organizational Development Interventions Appropriate in Turnaround Situations? Gregory W. Pacton

PART 7 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE

39 An Interview with Peter Vaill Jane Galloway Seiling

40 Ethics and Organizational Change Warren R. Nielsen, Nick Nykodym, and Don J. Brown

41 Powering Up Teams Bradley L. Kirkman and Benson Rosen

42 Managing Discontinuities: The Emerging Challenges C.K. Prahalad

43 Seven Practices of Successful Organizations Jeffrey Pfeffer

44 The New Agenda for Organization Development W. Warner Burke