Organization Development: A Jossey- Boss Reader

By: Joan V. Gallos (ed)Material type: TextTextSeries: Jossey-Bass business & management seriesPublication details: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2006Description: xxx, 1057 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9780787984267; 0787984264Subject(s): Organizational changeDDC classification: 658.406
Contents:
Foreword : observations on the state of organization development -- 1. What is organization development? -- 2. Where did OD come from? -- 3. Revolutions in OD : the new and the new, new things -- 4. Theories and practices of organizational development -- 5. Kurt Lewin and the planned approach to change : a reappraisal -- 6. Effective intervention activity / Chris Argyris -- 7. Action research : rethinking Lewin -- 8. Action learning and action science : are they different? -- 9. Toward a theory of positive organizational change -- 10. Leading change : why transformation efforts fail -- 11. The congruence model of change -- 12. Teaching smart people how to learn -- 13. Facilitative process interventions : task processes in groups -- 14. Large group interventions and dynamics -- 15. Understanding the power of position : a diagnostic model -- 16. Reframing complexity : a four-dimensional approach to organizational diagnosis, development, and change -- 17. Masterful consulting -- 18. Flawless consulting -- 19. The organization development contract -- 20. The facilitator and other facilitative roles / -- 21. The right coach -- 22. Reframing change : training, realigning, negotiating, grieving, and moving on -- 23. What constitutes an effective internal consultant? -- 24. Reversing the lens : dealing with different styles when you are the boss --25. Relations with superiors : the challenge of "managing" a boss -- 26. Enlist others -- 27. Business strategy : creating the winning formula -- 28. Matching strategy and structure -- 29. Designing work : structure and process for learning and self-control -- 30. Making it happen : turning workplace vision into reality -- 31. So how can you assess your corporate culture? -- 32. What makes people effective? -- 33. What makes a team effective or ineffective? -- 34. Developing the individual leader -- 35. Creating a community of leaders. 36. Designing high-performance work systems : organizing people, work, technology, and information -- 37. Diversity as strategy -- 38. The leader's new work : building learning organizations -- 39. Compassion in organizational life. -- 40. Generating simultaneous personal, team, and organization development -- 41. Emerging directions : is there a new OD? -- 42. The future of OD? -- 43. From cells to communities : deconstructing and reconstructing the organization -- 44. Actions for global learners, launchers, and leaders -- 45. Knowledge-worker productivity : the biggest challenge -- 46. Beyond greening : strategies for a sustainable world -- 47. The healthy organization.
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Includes index

Foreword : observations on the state of organization development --
1. What is organization development? --
2. Where did OD come from? --
3. Revolutions in OD : the new and the new, new things --
4. Theories and practices of organizational development --
5. Kurt Lewin and the planned approach to change : a reappraisal --
6. Effective intervention activity / Chris Argyris --
7. Action research : rethinking Lewin --
8. Action learning and action science : are they different? --
9. Toward a theory of positive organizational change --
10. Leading change : why transformation efforts fail --
11. The congruence model of change --
12. Teaching smart people how to learn --
13. Facilitative process interventions : task processes in groups --
14. Large group interventions and dynamics --
15. Understanding the power of position : a diagnostic model --
16. Reframing complexity : a four-dimensional approach to organizational diagnosis, development, and change --
17. Masterful consulting --
18. Flawless consulting --
19. The organization development contract --
20. The facilitator and other facilitative roles / --
21. The right coach --
22. Reframing change : training, realigning, negotiating, grieving, and moving on --
23. What constitutes an effective internal consultant? --
24. Reversing the lens : dealing with different styles when you are the boss --25. Relations with superiors : the challenge of "managing" a boss --
26. Enlist others --
27. Business strategy : creating the winning formula --
28. Matching strategy and structure --
29. Designing work : structure and process for learning and self-control --
30. Making it happen : turning workplace vision into reality --
31. So how can you assess your corporate culture? --
32. What makes people effective? --
33. What makes a team effective or ineffective? --
34. Developing the individual leader --
35. Creating a community of leaders. 36. Designing high-performance work systems : organizing people, work, technology, and information --
37. Diversity as strategy --
38. The leader's new work : building learning organizations --
39. Compassion in organizational life. --
40. Generating simultaneous personal, team, and organization development --
41. Emerging directions : is there a new OD? --
42. The future of OD? --
43. From cells to communities : deconstructing and reconstructing the organization --
44. Actions for global learners, launchers, and leaders --
45. Knowledge-worker productivity : the biggest challenge --
46. Beyond greening : strategies for a sustainable world --
47. The healthy organization.

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