Research in organizational change and development / edited by Debra A. Noumair, Abraham B. Shani, and Danielle P. Zandee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noumair, Debra A., author.

Contributor:

Noumair, Debra Ann, editor.

Shani, Abraham B., editor.

Zandee, Danielle P., editor.

Series:

Research in Organizational Change and Development

Research in Organizational Change and Development ; v.30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2023]

Summary:

Volume 30 of Research in Organizational Change and Development brings together contributions from colleagues around the globe with powerful insights and potentially relevant impact for researching and practicing organization change and development during and post the pandemic.

Contents:

Cover

RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT

Copyright

CONTENTS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

How Can ODC Help Accomplish a Sustainable Future? A Joint Reflection

Abstract

Contemporary Global Challenges and Dialectics

Climate Change

Technology

Creating Syntheses

Reflections on the (Needed) Contribution of ODC

In Our Current Context, What Constitutes Organization Development?

Does ODC Need to Learn How to Operate in New Ways Given the System-Wide Transformation Required for a Sustainable Future?

How Can ODC Move From Aspiration to Action?

What is the Role of ODC in Generating Knowledge?

Next Steps: What Are the Critical Issues That ODC Should Be Addressing?

References

RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE: A PERSONAL JOURNEY THROUGH POSITIVIST, INTERPRETIVIST, POSTMODERN, CRITICAL, APPRECIATIVE, AND AESTHETIC METHODS - AND, FINALLY, PRAGMATISM

Change Knowing and Doing

Ontology, Epistemology, and Research Methodology: The Basics.

Paradigms for Organizational Research

Other Paradigms to Consider

From Positivism to Interpretivism: An Experiment in a Bank

Studying Change Through a Positivist Lens

Change Through an Interpretive Lens

From Interpretivism to Post-mModernism: Studies of M&amp

A

"Modified Subjectivity"

Deconstructing an M&amp

A Story

A Critical Lens on Change

Getting Critical - Cynicism at Work

Cynical Realism

Subjugation or Emancipation?

Soul Work, Positive Psychology, and Appreciative Inquiry

Positive Potential of Appreciative Inquiry &amp

Dialogic OD

Research with Aesthetic Sensibilities

Change as Theater

An Aesthetic Method?

Narrative and Process Theorizing

Pragmatism.

Stages of Corporate Responsibility

Action Inquiry and Corporate Transformation

Two Academic-Practitioner Learning Forums

Corporate Social Innovation and Social Change

How to Know and Do Change

Change Research Informed by Theory &amp

and Practice

Change Research Informed by iIn Ssitu Observation and Experience

Change Research Involving Personal Action and Reflection

Change Research Involving Co-Iinquiry and Collaboration

Humanistic Change: Regulatory and Radical

The OD Researcher''s Journey

Hazards on the Road Less Traveled

Do Change Research from Multiple Perspectives

Study What Matters

CREATING AND BUILDING SHARED SCHOLARSHIP IN ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE: A METALOGUE

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION

THEORIZING WITHIN AN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

METHODOLOGY

Metalogue

BACKGROUNDS

METALOGUE PROCESS EXPLORATION

Phase 1: Becoming Acquainted

Phase 2: Developing a Collaborative Relationship

Phase 3: The Present

Reflections

METALOGUE AND SHARED SCHOLARSHIP

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Developing a Sustainable High-Commitment, High-Performance System of Organizing, Managing, and Leading: An Actionable Syste ...

Introduction

Three Essential System-Level Outcomes (Beer, 2009)

Performance Alignment

Psychological Alignment

Capacity for System Realignment and Change

The High-Commitment, High-Performance System of Organizing, Managing, and Leading

Five Levers for Change

Organization Direction: Purpose, Strategy, and Values

Leadership Team

Leader

The System of Organizing and Managing

The Human Resource Management System

System Change at EPD

Capacity for Change: Adaptive Leadership and Organizational Capabilities

Institutionalizing a Strategic Governance and Learning Process.

Transforming Large Complex Systems Requires a Unit-By-Unit Strategy

The Challenge of Developing a Sustainable High-Commitment, High-Performance System of Organizing, Managing, and Leading

Short-Term Performance Pressure

Board of Directors

The Performance and Reward System

Investment in Organization Development Resources

Ownership

A Broader Frame for Organization Development

Summary and Conclusions

Notes

APPLYING MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION THEORY TO ORGANIZATION CHANGE: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Foundational Concepts

Relevant M&amp

O Theories

Theoretical Differences on Fundamental OC Issues

Nature and Role of Environment in OC

Conceptions of Environment

Environment as Source of OC

Implications for OC Practice

Organization Features Included in OC

Breadth of OC Features

Interdependence of OC Features

Implication for OC Practice

Role of Inertia in OC

The Paradox of Inertia

OC Practice and Research Agenda

Conclusion

The Role and Relevance of Discourse and Discursive Perspectives in Organizational Change and Development

THE EMERGENCE OF DISCOURSE IN OCD

The Discursive Imperative in OCD

Perspectives on Discourse in OCD

THE GROWTH OF DISCOURSE IN OCD

Phase 1: Discourse as an Invisible and Marginal Change Variable

Phase 2: Discourse as a Discernible Area of Interest in Change

Phase 3: Discourse as a Significant Change Philosophy and Method

Phase 4: - - Discourse as a Simultaneously Important and Neglected Change Factor

WHY DISCOURSE-BASED OCD APPROACHES ARE VITAL

FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF DISCOURSE-BASED OCD

References.

EXPLORING THE RICHNESS OF ACTION LEARNING RESEARCH TO EXPLOIT ACTION LEARNING IN NETWORKS: A JOURNEY IN SHARED THEORIZING

Theorizing

ACTION LEARNING

RESEARCH PROJECTS

National Action Learning Programme (NALP)

Reflection

CO-IMPROVE: Collaborative Improvement for the Extended Manufacturing Enterprise

Consolidation

Network Action Learning

Action Learning Research

TRADE-IT: Traditional Food: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology

DISCUSSION

Implications for Our Academic Family

CONCLUSION

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Noumair, Debra A. Research in Organizational Change and Development

ISBN:

1-80455-093-0