This comprehensive collection of cases and exercises allows students to practice organization development (OD) skills at the same time as learning about theories of organizational change and human behavior. The first part of the book presents cases about the OD process, and the second part includes cases in organization-wide, team, and individual interventions. The final part provides practical exercises that make the course material come alive through realistic scenarios that organizational change practitioners regularly experience.
The book provides a good open-systems introduction to the topic of organization change, presenting the big concepts in a way that managers can use.
This bundle includes: Anderson, Organization Development 4e + Anderson, Cases and Exercises in Organization Development & Change 2e
Dynamic Strategy-Making. Today's fast-paced environments require rapid strategic responses. Yet, conventional approaches for planning and executing strategy are highly formal, detailed, and time-consuming.
Blends theory, concepts and applications in organization development. This book applies behavioral science knowledge to the development of organizational structures, strategies, and processes.
The book is complemented by a range of online resources including PowerPoint Slides, Multiple Choice Questions, and a selection of SAGE Business Cases and journal articles.
This act now, apologize later approach is in keeping with design thinking as a fluid, adaptive approach to building organizations, but it needs participation. Positive activism of this sort should not only be allowed to flourish in an ...
The new Fifth Edition has been updated to reflect the latest research. New “Profiles in OD” highlight a variety of practitioners and researchers.
Structured around Galbraith’s Star ModelTM, the text explores five facets of organization design: strategy, structure, processes, people, and rewards.
David Sisson , President and CEO , AirLiance Materials , LLC “ Swanson and Holton have called on their years their practical experience to produce the needed response to the assessment deficiency in the profession .
collaborative systems of employee relations, and that these relations were likely to characterize organizations of the future (Woodward, 1980: 233). In analyzing production systems, Woodward utilizes Robert Dubin's (1959) distinction ...