Rothwell, William J. (Ed.)

Practicing organization development: a guide for consultants / edited by William J. Rothwell, Roland Sullivan. - Second edition - San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer, 2005. - xxvii, 717 pages: illustrations; 24 cm.

Includes indexes.

Part 1: Foundations -- Organization development -- Models for change -- On the shoulders of giants: the origins of OD -- Using the HRD audit to build convergence between human resource management and organization development -- Competencies of OD practitioners -- Organization development from the view of the experts: summary results -- A future-responsive perspective for competent practice in OD -- Part 2: Steps to guide planned change -- Marketing OD -- Pre-launch -- Launch: assessment and action planning -- Implementation and continuing the change effort -- Evaluation -- Separation -- Part 3: Levels of organizational change -- Taking organization culture seriously -- Person-centered OD interventions -- Team building: past, present, and future -- Intervention in large systems -- Whole system transformation: the five truth of change -- OD through interlevel dynamics -- Part 4: Special issues in OD -- Global organization development -- Values, ethics, and practice in the field of organization development -- Bringing every mind into the game to realize the positive revolution in strategy: the appreciative inquiry summit -- Human systems dynamics: competencies in a complex world -- Technology and organization development -- The personhood of the consultant: the OD practitioner as human being -- Adding to the complexity of personal change -- Practicing internal OD -- Our work for the times in which we live

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