Organization Development
How Organizations Change and Develop Effectively
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Beschreibung
This 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.
Provides comprehensive coverage of OD topics in an accessible and student-centred way
Takes a global approach that examines cross-cultural implications for OD
Explores critical perspectives on OD that challenge students to see issues from different angles
Embeds employability skills into the text to help students develop key transferable skills that can get them ahead in their careers
Ideal for a one-semester modules at all levels
Autor*in
Julie Hodges
Themen in »Organization Development«
Change Management Designing for Change Implementing Organizational Development Managing Change Organization Organization Design Organization Development Organizational Analysis Organizational Development Organizational Development Interventions Organizational Development Theory