Organization Development and Transformation: Managing Effective Change

by Cecil Bell, Robert Zawacki, Wendell L. French, et al.

Book Overview

Organization Development and Transformation is a paperback collection of 46 readings that focuses on how people and organizations and people in organizations function, and how to make them function better. This new edition includes coverage of classic OD articles, new cutting edge coverage of topics such as self-directed teams, centers of excellence and learning organizations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0256103399
• ISBN13: 9780256103397
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Irwin Professional Publishing
• Length: 604 Pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent & expedient service

The textbook was brand new and was wrapped in cellophane. Class began the following week, and the book arrived that week-end which gave me enough time to complete assignments in a timely fashion.

Great Resource

I used this book in my MBA program. This is a very good resource. It is researched based with many articles that are relatively short and to the point.

A excellent collection of the classic readings.

The editors of the book have included in a single volume the classics. The articles include those authored by Kurt Lewin, Chris Argyris, Edgar Schein, Gareth Jones, C.K. Prahalad & Jeffrey Pfeffer besides many others. The latest edition published in 2000 include 16 new readings. Useful resource material for students of organisational behaviour and organisational change. The strategies described in some of the readings could be usefully applied in a variety of work settings. HR practioners and those in human resources development will find some of the articles valuable in crafting policies and renewal of training strategies. To sum it, in the words of the editors, "The field of organisation development is fun and exciting. We hope this anthology will convey some of that sense of excitement." I have discovered that sense of excitement when I read the articles in the book. I will continue to refer to them from time to time.