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Brief Contents
1. Preface
2. Acknowledgments
3. Chapter 1 • What Is Organization Development?
4. Chapter 2 • History of Organization Development
5. Chapter 3 • Core Values and Ethics of Organization
Development
6. Chapter 4 • Foundations of Organizational Change
7. Chapter 5 • The Organization Development Practitioner and
the OD Process
8. Chapter 6 • Entry and Contracting
9. Chapter 7 • Data Gathering
10. Chapter 8 • Diagnosis and Feedback
11. Chapter 9 • An Introduction to Interventions
12. Chapter 10 • Individual Interventions
13. Chapter 11 • Team Interventions
14. Chapter 12 • Whole Organization and Multiple Organization
Interventions
15. Chapter 13 • Organization Culture and Design Interventions
16. Chapter 14 • Sustaining Change, Evaluating, and Ending an
Engagement
17. Chapter 15 • Global Issues in Organization Development
18. Chapter 16 • The Future of Organization Development
19. References
20. Author Index
21. Subject Index
22. About the Author
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Detailed Contents
Preface
Exercises and Activities
Ancillaries
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 • What Is Organization Development?
Organization Development Defined
Making the Case for Organization Development
What Organization Development Looks Like
Example 1: Increasing Employee Participation in a
Public Sector Organization
Example 2: Senior Management Coaching at
Vodaphone
Example 3: Team Development in a Cancer Center
Example 4: A Future Search Conference in a
Northern California Community
Example 5: A Long-Term Strategic Change
Engagement
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Marvin
Weisbord
What Organization Development Is Not
Management Consulting
Training and Development
Short Term
The Application of a Toolkit
Who This Book Is For
Overview of the Book
Analyzing Case Studies
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
➡ Case Study 1: Every Coin Has Two Sides
Chapter 2 • History of Organization Development
Laboratory Training and T-Groups
Action Research, Survey Feedback, and Sociotechnical
Systems
Survey Feedback
Sociotechnical Systems
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Management Practices
Quality and Employee Involvement
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Robert
J. Marshak
Organizational Culture
Change Management, Strategic Change, and
Reengineering
Organizational Learning
Organizational Effectiveness and Employee Engagement
Agility and Collaboration
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Chapter 3 • Core Values and Ethics of Organization
Development
Defining Values
Why Are Values Important to the OD Practitioner?
Core Values of Organization Development
Participation, Involvement, and Empowerment
The Importance of Groups and Teams
Growth, Development, and Learning
Valuing the Whole Person
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—
Frederick A. Miller
Dialogue and Collaboration
Authenticity, Openness, and Trust
Changes to OD Values Over Time and the Values
Debate
Challenges to Holding Organization Development Values
Statement of Organization Development Ethics
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Exercise: What Would You Do?
Appendix
➡ Case Study 2: Analyzing Opportunities for
Organization Development Work at Northern County
Legal Services
Chapter 4 • Foundations of Organizational Change
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Levels and Characteristics of Organizational Change
Models of Organizational Change: Systems Theory and
Social Construction Approaches
Organizations as Systems
The Value of Systems Theory for OD Practitioners
Models of Organizational Change Consistent With a
Systems Theory Approach
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—W.
Warner Burke
Organizations as Socially Constructed
The Value of the Social Construction Approach for
OD Practitioners
Approaches to Organizational Change Consistent
With a Social Construction Perspective
New Paradigms in OD
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Exercise: Using Organizational Change Models
➡ Case Study 3: “I Just Can’t Work With Her:”
Team Conflict in the Northeast Sales Division
Chapter 5 • The Organization Development Practitioner and
the OD Process
The Consulting Relationship and Types of Consulting
Expert Model
Doctor–Patient Model
Mechanic Model
The Organization Development Consulting Model
OD Practitioners: Who Are They and Where Do They
Work?
Internal Versus External Consulting: Advantages
and Disadvantages
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Matt
Minahan
Ethical Issues for Internal and External Consultants
The Organization Development Consulting Profession
Becoming an OD Consultant
Skills and Competencies for OD Consultants
The OD Consulting Process and Action Research
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A Dialogic Approach to OD
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Gervase
R. Bushe
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Chapter 6 • Entry and Contracting
Entry
Ethical Issues During the Entry Stage
Who Is the Client?
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—David
W. Jamieson
Contracting
What Is Contracting?
The Purpose of Contracting
Success in the Contracting Meeting
Recontracting
Ethics in Contracting
Contracting as Data Gathering
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Exercise: Contracting
Chapter 7 • Data Gathering
The Importance of Data Gathering
Presenting Problems and Underlying Problems
Data Gathering Process
Data Gathering Methods
Interviews
Focus Groups
Surveys/Questionnaires
Observations
Unobtrusive Measures
Creating a Data Gathering Strategy and Proposing an
Approach
Ethical Issues With Data Gathering
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Exercise: Data Gathering
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➡ Case Study 4: Proposing a Data Gathering
Approach at TLG Solutions
Chapter 8 • Diagnosis and Feedback
Diagnosis: Discovery, Assessment, Analysis, and
Interpretation
Finding Patterns by Analyzing Data
Deductive Analysis: Using Models for Diagnosis
Inductive Analysis: Pulling Out Key Themes
Statistical Analysis
Interpreting Data
Selecting and Prioritizing Themes
Feedback
Structuring the Feedback Meeting
Presenting Data in the Feedback Meeting
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Peter
Block
Resistance
Thinking Differently About Resistance
Working With Client Resistance
Ethical Issues With Diagnosis and Giving Feedback
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Exercise: Feedback and Resistence
➡ Case Study 5: Sorting Through the Data From
Logan Elementary School
Chapter 9 • An Introduction to Interventions
Interventions Defined
Why Interventions Fail
Consequences of Failed Interventions
Considerations in Selecting the Right Intervention
Strategy
Structuring and Planning Interventions for Success
Practicalities in Intervention Design
The Change Agent’s Role in the Intervention
Ethical Issues With Interventions
Overview of Intervention Techniques
Summary
Questions for Discussion
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For Further Reading
Chapter 10 • Individual Interventions
Individual Change and Reactions to Change
Individual Instruments and Assessments
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Coaching
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Judith
H. Katz
Mentoring
360 Feedback
Career Planning and Development
The Classic View: Stages of the Career
The Contemporary View: Boundaryless Careers
Choosing a Career Direction and Identifying Work
Interests
Setting Career Goals
Developing Career Transitions and New
Employment Relationships
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Exercise: Individual Intervention (Coaching)
➡ Case Study 6: Individual Type Styles at the
Parks Department
Chapter 11 • Team Interventions
Defining Teams
What Makes a Successful Team?
Special Types of Teams
Self-Directed Work Teams
Virtual Teams
Cross-Functional Teams
Team Development
Team-Building Interventions
What Is Team Building?
Data Gathering for Team Interventions
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Dick
Axelrod
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Emily M.
Axelrod
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Team Start-Up and Transition Meetings
Confrontation Meetings
Role Negotiation and Role Analysis
Work Redesign
Workout
Intergroup Interventions
An Intervention to Resolve Intergroup Conflict
Variations on Intergroup Interventions
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Exercise: Team Intervention (Facilitation and Team
Development)
➡ Case Study 7: Solving Team Challenges at
DocSystems Billing, Inc.
Chapter 12 • Whole Organization and Multiple Organization
Interventions
Characteristics of Contemporary Large-Scale
Interventions
Strategic Change Interventions
Strategic Planning and Real-Time Strategic Change
Scenario Planning
Search Conferences and Future Search
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Sandra
Janoff
Quality and Productivity Interventions
Total Quality Management
Reengineering
Six Sigma
Interventions in Mergers and Acquisitions
Organization Development in M&A Integration
Target 1: Individual Integration
Target 2: Team Integration
Target 3: Cross-Team/Department Integration
Target 4: Organizationwide Integration
Transorganization or Interorganization Development
Dialogic OD Consultation and Interventions
Role of the OD Practitioner in Dialogic OD
Interventions
Examples of Dialogic OD Practices
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Introducing Dialogic OD Successfully
Further Areas for Development of Dialogic OD
Positive Organizational Scholarship and
Appreciative Inquiry
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
➡ Case Study 8: The Future of the Crossroads
Center
Chapter 13 • Organization Culture and Design Interventions
Organizational Culture Assessment and Change
Organization Design
Common Organizational Structures
Lateral Capability
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Amy
Kates
Tests of a Good Design
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Exercise: Whole Organization Intervention (Organization
Design)
➡ Case Study 9: Reorganizing Human Resources
at ASP Software
Chapter 14 • Sustaining Change, Evaluating, and Ending an
Engagement
Sustaining Change After the Intervention
The Dangers of Sustaining Change
Mechanisms to Sustain Change
Evaluation
Challenges to Evaluation
Reasons to Evaluate
What to Evaluate
Evaluation Process
Examples of Evaluation
Ethics of Evaluation
Future of Evaluation
Ending an Engagement: Separation and Exit
Ethics of Endings
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Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
Exercise: Sustaining Change
Chapter 15 • Global Issues in Organization Development
OD’s Challenges in a Global Environment
Dimensions of Global Cultural Difference
Power Distance
Uncertainty Avoidance
Individualism–Collectivism
Masculinity–Femininity
Short-Term–Long-Term Orientation
Indulgence–Restraint
OD Values, Interventions, and Culture
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Peter F.
Sorensen, Jr.
Case Examples and Research Findings
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Taiwan
India
Africa and the Middle East
Ghana
Egypt
South Africa
Latin America
United Kingdom and Ireland
Beyond Single Cultures: Multicultural OD
➡ Profiles in Organization Development—Therese
Yaeger
Advice for the Global OD Practitioner
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
➡ Case Study 10: A Global Partnership at GFAC
Consulting
Chapter 16 • The Future of Organization Development
Increasing Complexity of Change
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Changing Workforce Demographics
Changing Nature of Work
The Current State of OD: Strengths, Weaknesses, and
Opportunities
Profiles in Organization Development—Allan H. Church
Strengths of OD Practice Today
Weaknesses in OD Practice Today
Opportunities for OD in the Future
Conclusion: The Future of OD
Summary
Questions for Discussion
For Further Reading
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Author
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Preface
I wrote (and continue to update) this book because, like the World
Economic Forum, I firmly believe that OD as a field of research
and practice has much to offer to people in contemporary
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organizations who are struggling with an incredible amount of
change. Old management styles no longer fit the needs of today’s
workplace and workers. New organizational forms are emerging to
cope with the increasing pace of change, globalization, digitization
and the latest technologies, economic pressures, and the
expectations of the contemporary workforce. Managers struggle to
engage employees despite ever-present threats of downsizing
and outsourcing. In such an environment, many employees find
work to be less personally satisfying than they did before.
For this fifth edition, I have updated many sections of the book to
reflect recent research and advances in practice while retaining
classic approaches and foundational theories with which most
practitioners ought to be familiar. Highlights of this new edition
include the following:
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experience, different paths to and histories in the field, and
the diverse types of OD that are practiced today
Additional case studies to allow you to practice using OD
concepts and skills
A revision to Chapters 12 and 13 to highlight the growing
importance of organization design and culture interventions
Additional examples of global issues in organization
development
New readings at the end of each chapter, where appropriate
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