Organization Development and Change

by Thomas G. Cummings, Christopher G. Worley

This comprehensive and authoritative market leader blends theory, concepts, and application. Behavioral science knowledge is applied to the development of organizational strategies, structures, and processes. New and expanded material on downsizing, re-engineering, and organizational learning has also been added.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Leadership, Academia, Textbooks

720 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Leah Grace]

LEAD-732-01

"OD has created a powerful set of complementary interventions, such as team building, job enrichment, skill-based pay, and agile organizations, for addressing human process, technostructural, human resource, and strategic issues. These practices have shaped the way organizations are designed and managed and contributed to their effectiveness and change capability."

She's thick! This book contains a lot of interesting theories but is quite dense and hard to grasp at times. Enjoyed bits about transformational leadership and suitability practice.

[Laurel]

ho hum, obviously school is starting up again. blaaaaaahhhh

[Donga Dongo]

Good

[Susan Novack]

Bear in mind that this is a textbook that may only be interesting to students and professionals who relate to organizational change. Good cases supplement the reading but the layout is dull. Maybe more colour and/or graphics could help. Did learn a lot.

[Sandy]

Some text books make the content come alive this one takes great concepts and delivers them in a painful slow slog.................... Only read if you have to and I did and am glad that it is done!

[Natalie]

HOL 6702

[Wahyu]

bagi para pembaca yang berkecimpung didunia human resource development pasti akrab sama buku ini. terlebih mereka yang berprofesi sebagai psikolog industri/organisasi.

buku ini menurut saya merupakan basic rule buat intervensi pengembangan organisasi. atau bahasa lebay saya: kitab sucinya konsultan SDM dan organisasi. dasar-dasar intervensi organisasi dijabarkan secara rigid, detail dan komprehensif, plus dengan bahasa yang cukup mudah dipahami bagi orang awam. nice books!

[Grant]

Lots of useful, professional information. Lots of blah blah blah. It was very difficult to read and I couldn't read more than two pages at a time without having to take a break. This isn't a book. This is a scholarly textbook, so be prepared to read very challenging (albeit practical) concepts and topics. Minus 1 star for the difficulty I had in reading. Minus 1 star for the grammatical errors in a graduate level textbook. Minus 1 star for this book only being available as an eBook.

[Cristo Leon]

Uno de los libros de cabecera para Recursos Humanos

[Gordon Arthur]

This is a university-level textbook and it shows. The material in it is good, but it is heavy going.

[Pam Jacob]

Textbook for class

[Sundas Khan]

i need some business help

[Shannon]

I wish this textbook had more of a public administration angle, even though the strategies and tactics cross all sectors of the business world. The case studies were helpful in understanding key concepts.