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Organization Development: A Practitioner's Guide for OD and HR

Organization Development: A Practitioner's Guide for OD and HR

by Linda Holbeche (Author), Dr Mee - Yan Cheung - Judge (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

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Synopsis

Organization Development is concerned with using planned and systematic approaches to help develop more effective organizations. This is done by taking an objective look at how an organization is operating, gathering information and then deciding on the most appropriate course of action to help the organization change and develop. Written by two of the leading experts in the field, Organization Development defines OD and describes how it can be used effectively in today's economy to create organizations which maximise organizational capability. The authors provide practical advice on using diagnostic techniques to identify an organization's needs and explain how to use them across a range of areas including change, culture and organization design. Whether you're an experienced practitioner or a student, this handbook contains a range of tips, techniques and international case studies to help you to understand, communicate and implement organizational change.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 344
 Publisher: Kogan Page
Published: 03 Apr 2011
ISBN 10: 0749460946
ISBN 13: 9780749460945
Book Overview: Organization Development is about using planned interventions to help create high performing cultures. The book explains both the theory and application, and includes guidance on dealing with change, organizational design and working cross-culturally.

Media Reviews
A wonderful gift to the field of organization development and to OD and HR practitioners of all levels of experience. This book offers a remarkable combination of history of the pioneers, review of important thinkers and theories about organization change and leadership, as well as a how-to resource for the practitioner, including many illuminating case studies. Judy Vogel, OD Practitioner Journal In these leaner and leaner times, the practical guidance of this book ensures that OD/ HR professionals and organization leaders have the tools and know-how to create and sustain healthy organizations. Dean Royles, Director, NHS Employers Mee-Yan's passion as an educator shines through on every page. She provides the theory from which practitioners can design impactful interventions. Dame Julie Mellor, Partner, Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers An excellent compendium of essential OD and HR theories, approaches and practices to help practitioners understand what is involved in, and how to go about, planned organizational change. Robert J Marshak, PhD, Author of Covert Processes at Work and Organizational Change: Views from the edge The book comes into its own by clearly differentiating what benefits OD brings but being careful to point out that it is vital to go through a series of steps rather than trying to jump in mid way through as we're probably all tempted to do at times. HR Network (Scotland) The 'postscript section'...provides a very useful, almost crib-like option for the reader to get an overview of what the subject is about. HR Network (Scotland)
Author Bio
Dr. Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge is the founder of Quality & Equality Ltd and the author of many organizational development articles. She speaks, writes and delivers most of the OD training programmes in the UK and was voted one of the 25 most influential thinkers in HR by HR Magazine in 2008. Linda Holbeche was previously Research and Policy Director at the CIPD and is currently an independent consultant and researcher in the fields of leadership, human resources, change management and sustainable high performance.