Keyboarding for Everyone

McLean, Gary N.

Anaheim Pub. Co

Enhanced with exhibits, activities, instruments, case studies, and more, each section of this indispensable resource shows you how to implement the change process. The editors, themselves leaders in the field of OD, include insights from a wide variety of well-known practitioners. You'll get valuable tips on: <ul>
<li>Defining OD</li> <li>Marketing OD services</li> <li>Planning and conducting an intervention</li> <li>Assessing the effort and gathering feedback</li> <li>Conducting large-scale and small-scale interventions</li> <li>Using OD methods internationally</li> <li>Maintaining ethical standards in OD . . . and much more!</li> </ul>
In addition, the book outlines the eight steps in action research: entry, start-up, assessment and feedback, action planning, intervention, evaluation, adoption, and separation. You'll learn the methods for applying each step and the competencies required to successfully conduct each one. Practicing Organization Development is packed with useful, current, proven direction on applying OD principles in the real world--order your copy today!

Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for Consultants

Business & Money

Rothwell, William J.

Sullivan, Roland L.

Management & Leadership

Pfeiffer & Co.

Bridges the gap between theory and practice The only textbook to look at applying organization development principles at the community, regional, national, and global levels Proposes a model of organization development that encompasses all of the most relevant approaches Organization development (OD) is more important than ever. Not only is OD a growing field in itself, it is also growing as a component of management, human resource development, industrial and organizational psychology, and human resource management. Organization Development is a new textbook designed to be used in undergraduate and graduate programs in any of these disciplines. Gary McLean provides readers with an overview of the field and acquaints them with the basic principles, practices, values, and skills of OD. Most of the existing books in OD have focused on narrow theory or practice perspectives, and focus more on process rather than outcomes. Organization Development successfully combines theory and practice; process and outcomes; performance and affective results; effectiveness and efficiency. McLean covers every aspect of the work of an OD professional and features case studies in every chapter. He explains how OD professionals actually get work and what the first steps in any OD effort should be. He 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. McLean then looks at how to choose and implement a range of interventions at different levels. Uniquely, Organization Development goes beyond the organizational level to look at the application of OD on community, national, regional, and global levels. And the book offers guidance on what to do afterwards, including how to evaluate the results of an intervention and how to resolve the controversy over adopting a particular change method versus remaining in a state of constant change. McLean closes with an overview of the field's basic values and competencies and a look towards the future.

Organization Development: Principles Processes Performance

Processes & Infrastructure

ReadHowYouWant

Teaches a systematic approach to solving business problems that require writing.  Reviews language usage concepts that are most troublesome, and presents writing skills in a general business context using a performance-based instructional design.

Writing for Workplace Success: General Business

Lyons, Art

Paradigm Pub Intl

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.

Organization Development: Principles, Processes, Performance (The Berrett-Koehler Organizational Performance Series)

Science & Math

Behavioral Sciences

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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