Cases in Organization Development
Four Perspectives on Value-Guided Consultation
Published on 1. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
245 pages
978-0-87581-422-3 (ISBN)
Description
This casebook provides a comprehensive look at the essentials of organizational development practice. Cases are grouped under four perspectives that together provide students with the background they need to be successful in the full range of organizational development activities they will encounter as practitioners. Cases range from the types of everyday issues students will confront on the job to more unusual situations that offer more challenge. In addition, a long case involves them in an integrative experience that covers the full range of organizational development activities.
This casebook provides a comprehensive look at the essentials of organizational development practice. Cases are grouped under four perspectives that together provide students with the background they need to be successful in the full range of organizational development activities they will encounter as practitioners. Cases range from the types of everyday issues students will confront on the job to more unusual situations that offer more challenge. In addition, a long case involves them in an integrative experience that covers the full range of organizational development activities.
This casebook provides a comprehensive look at the essentials of organizational development practice. Cases are grouped under four perspectives that together provide students with the background they need to be successful in the full range of organizational development activities they will encounter as practitioners. Cases range from the types of everyday issues students will confront on the job to more unusual situations that offer more challenge. In addition, a long case involves them in an integrative experience that covers the full range of organizational development activities.
Reviews / Votes
Perspective I. OD AND ODERS IN CONVENTIONAL SETTINGS CREATING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORK CULTURE: THE BOEING DULUTH STORY. This Matter Needs Attention Now! A Troubled Transit Line. Be Sure to Bring Along Plenty of Shells! A Grumble or a Meta-Grumble? Choosing Your Degree of Risk. Evaluating a Dean's Performance. Family Life from an OD Perspective. Go or No-Go? Keep It Quiet, Guys! Jack, Your Comments Are Neither Responsive nor Helpful. Volunteer Turnover in ASO. Should You Help Build a Team? If So, How? Who Is the Client? Transitioning Toward a Team-Based Organization. Six Events in the Life of a New Voluntary Agency. Organization Termination in the Nonprofit Setting. So, How Do You See Yourself as an OD Consultant? Western Transducer Corporation. Perspective II. ODERS IN UNUSUAL AND EVEN EXOTIC SETTINGS WHEN THE CLIENT DIES. Consulting at a Distance. A Cast-Iron Sponge of a Client. A Second Kind of Crisis. Is the Issue Confidentiality? It'll Only Be for a Short Time. Measuring Your OD Consultant. Oh, He's So Strong! Smelling a Consultant Ratbert. The Yellow Envelope on the Floor. Welcome to Town, Big Guy! Leaving "The Source." Shadow Consulting to an OD Consultant. Perspective III. LEADING ORGANIZATION CHANGE VIA ACTION RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATIVE EXPERIENCE WITH A SINGLE CASE. Jake White. Perspective IV. A STATEMENT OF VALUES AND ETHICS BY PROFESSIONALS IN ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.Perspective I. OD AND ODERS IN CONVENTIONAL SETTINGS CREATING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORK CULTURE: THE BOEING DULUTH STORY. This Matter Needs Attention Now! A Troubled Transit Line. Be Sure to Bring Along Plenty of Shells! A Grumble or a Meta-Grumble? Choosing Your Degree of Risk. Evaluating a Dean's Performance. Family Life from an OD Perspective. Go or No-Go? Keep It Quiet, Guys! Jack, Your Comments Are Neither Responsive nor Helpful. Volunteer Turnover in ASO. Should You Help Build a Team? If So, How? Who Is the Client? Transitioning Toward a Team-Based Organization. Six Events in the Life of a New Voluntary Agency. Organization Termination in the Nonprofit Setting. So, How Do You See Yourself as an OD Consultant? Western Transducer Corporation. Perspective II. ODERS IN UNUSUAL AND EVEN EXOTIC SETTINGS WHEN THE CLIENT DIES. Consulting at a Distance. A Cast-Iron Sponge of a Client. A Second Kind of Crisis. Is the Issue Confidentiality? It'll Only Be for a Short Time. Measuring Your OD Consultant. Oh, He's So Strong! Smelling a Consultant Ratbert. The Yellow Envelope on the Floor. Welcome to Town, Big Guy! Leaving "The Source." Shadow Consulting to an OD Consultant. Perspective III. LEADING ORGANIZATION CHANGE VIA ACTION RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATIVE EXPERIENCE WITH A SINGLE CASE. Jake White. Perspective IV. A STATEMENT OF VALUES AND ETHICS BY PROFESSIONALS IN ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tabs.
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87581-422-3 (9780875814223)
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Perspective I. OD AND ODERS IN CONVENTIONAL SETTINGS CREATING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORK CULTURE: THE BOEING DULUTH STORY. This Matter Needs Attention Now! A Troubled Transit Line. Be Sure to Bring Along Plenty of Shells! A Grumble or a Meta-Grumble? Choosing Your Degree of Risk. Evaluating a Dean's Performance. Family Life from an OD Perspective. Go or No-Go? Keep It Quiet, Guys! Jack, Your Comments Are Neither Responsive nor Helpful. Volunteer Turnover in ASO. Should You Help Build a Team? If So, How? Who Is the Client? Transitioning Toward a Team-Based Organization. Six Events in the Life of a New Voluntary Agency. Organization Termination in the Nonprofit Setting. So, How Do You See Yourself as an OD Consultant? Western Transducer Corporation. Perspective II. ODERS IN UNUSUAL AND EVEN EXOTIC SETTINGS WHEN THE CLIENT DIES. Consulting at a Distance. A Cast-Iron Sponge of a Client. A Second Kind of Crisis. Is the Issue Confidentiality? It'll Only Be for a Short Time. Measuring Your OD Consultant. Oh, He's So Strong! Smelling a Consultant Ratbert. The Yellow Envelope on the Floor. Welcome to Town, Big Guy! Leaving "The Source." Shadow Consulting to an OD Consultant. Perspective III. LEADING ORGANIZATION CHANGE VIA ACTION RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATIVE EXPERIENCE WITH A SINGLE CASE. Jake White. Perspective IV. A STATEMENT OF VALUES AND ETHICS BY PROFESSIONALS IN ORGANIZATION AND HUMAN SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.