Organization development : principles, processes, performance / Gary N. McLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLean, Gary N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Organizational effectiveness.

Organizational behavior.

Industrial organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 465 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Designed for use in undergraduate and graduate programs in organization development, management, human resource development, and industrial and organizational psychology, Organization Development provides readers with an overview of the field and acquaints them with the basic principles, practices, values, and skills of OD. Covering every aspect of the work of an OD professional and featuring numerous illustrative case studies, it shows how OD professionals actually get work and what the first steps in any OD effort should be. Author Gary McLean surveys different ways to assess an organizational situation--including a comparison of the Action Research and Appreciative Inquiry models--and provides forms for devising an action plan based on that assessment. He then looks at how to choose and implement a range of interventions at different levels, as well as how to evaluate the results of an intervention. Organization Development goes beyond the organizational level to look at the application of OD on community, national, regional, and global levels. And it successfully combines theory and practice; process and outcomes; performance and affective results; effectiveness and efficiency.

Contents:

What is Organization development?

Enrty: Marketing and contracting

Start-up and systems theory

Organizational assessment and feedback

Action planning and introduction to interventions

Implementation: Individual level

Implementation: Team and interteam level

Implementation: Process level

Implementation: Global level

Implementation: Organizational level

Implementation: Community and national level

Evaluation of processes and results

Adoption of changes and follow-up

Reasons for separation from the organization

Ethics and values driving OD

Competencies for OD

Issues facing OD and its future.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-448) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781605093345 (electronic book)

9786612299735

9781282299733

1282299735

9781605093345

1605093343