Organization Development and Change

• Main Authors: Cummings. Thomas G. (Author), Worley. Christopher G. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: India Cengage Learning India 2019
• Edition: 10th Revised edition
• Subjects: Organizational change; Industrial organization
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This book blends rigor and relevance in a comprehensive and clear presentation. The authors work from a strong theoretical foundation to describe, in practical terms, how behavioral science knowledge can be used to develop organizational strategies, structures, and processes.

Table of Contents:

• General introduction to organization development
• The nature of planned change
• The organization development practitioner
• Entering and contracting
• Diagnosing
• Collecting, analyzing, and feeding back diagnostic information
• Designing interventions
• Managing change
• Evaluating and institutionalizing organization development interventions
• Interpersonal and group process approaches
• Organization process approaches
• Restructuring organizations
• Employee involvement
• Work design
• Performance management
• Talent management
• Workforce diversity and wellness
• Tranformational change
• Continuous change
• Transorganizational change
• Organization development for economic, ecological, and social outcomes
• Organization development in nonindustrial settings : health care, school systems, the public sector, and family-owned
• Future directions in organization development.