Outstanding academic and practical reading | Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader (The...

The story of OD: past present and future | Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader (The Jossey-Bass Business and Management Reader Series)

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	• Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader (The Jossey-Bass Business and Management Reader Series) Jossey-Bass, 2006 - 1088 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Organization Development

Una excelente compilación de los autores mas destacados del Desarrollo Organizacional.
Articulos muy diversos que dan cuenta de todo el amplio expectro de esta disciplina y escrito por los representantes mas destacados del DO.
Excelente libro.

Outstanding academic and practical reading

This text was assigned as part of a Master's program. Interestingly, I mentioned it to someone who is earning a Doctorate in OD and she said this book is the one that was assigned. It demonstrates that it is of academic quality. On the practical, business side, it has helped me look at situations in the organization from different perspectives. For example, there's an essay by well-known author John Kotter on how to manage change effectively, based on one of his books. It's rare to find an organization today that is not undergoing some change initiative and there is plenty of material here to reference on the topic. A must read for managers and leaders at all levels.

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The story of OD: past present and future

This is a great book if you wish to gain an indepth understanding of Organization Development (OD). It incorporates the history of the field in a very functional way and is well ordered and organized into 8 parts. I am reading it front to back, but it could serve as a resource as well. I am sure that this is a volume I will frequently consult for direction in figuring out OD issues as I work with organizations. The intorduction to each section which Dr Gallos provdes are themselves very good essays on the field as well as a nice advance organizer. One other thing, each chapter's full citation and date of original publication is included in the back of the book; one reviewer incorrectly identified this as a lack. I highly recommend this volume.

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Need the "when" along with the "whys" and "wherefores"

This is a very comprehensive volume of original writings on OD. My only complaint, and it is a serious one, is there is no indication of where and when the selections were originally published. A lot of OD ideas need to be understood in the temporal context in which they were developed and it is not possible to determine that from the information in the book.

Excellent choice of readings

This is excellent sum of often cited articles in the field of OD. I find it very usefull and strongly recommend it.

This is the third book in the Jossey-Bass Reader series, Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader. This collection will introduce the key thinkers and contributors in organization development including Ed Lawler, Peter Senge, Chris Argyris, Richard Hackman, Jay Galbraith, Cooperrider, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Bolman & Deal, Kouzes & Posner, and Ed Schein, among others.

"Without reservations I recommend this volume to those students of organizational behavior who want an encyclopedia of OD to gain a perspective on the past, present, and future...."
Jonathan D. Springer of the American Psychological Association.

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