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This textbook covers the fundamentals of organizational development and change (ODC) theory while offering a comprehensive, structured, and systematic approach to guide change management strategies at the organization level. It provides an in-depth understanding of and the tools necessary for designing, diagnosing, implementing and evaluating organizational change interventions. Students will be exposed to case studies in ODC from selected international and Caribbean/Latin American organizations, demonstrating ODC in practice across a broad geographical context. This textbook, the first to offer a macro-level perspective of ODC, provides students with the tools needed to be successful in implementing change into today's organizations.

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Author:   Riann Singh ,  Shalini Ramdeo
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   1.060kg
ISBN:  

9783030391225

ISBN 10:   3030391221
Pages:   545
Publication Date:   09 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I Overview of Organizational Development.- 1. Introduction to Organizational Development and Change.- 2. Individual-Level OD Interventions.- 3. Group-Level OD Interventions.- 4. Foundation Organizational Development and Change (ODC) Models.- 5. The ODC Practitioner.- 6. Organizational Change Leadership.- II Initiating the Organizational Development Process.- 7. Entering into the Practice of OD.- 8. Diagnosis of OD Issues.- 9. Data Collection for OD.- 10. Data Analysis Tools and Feedback.- III Developing and Implementing Organizational-Level Interventions.- 11. Organizational-Level Theories.- 12. Techno-Structural Interventions: Restructuring.- 13. Techno-Structural Interventions: Downsizing.- 14. Techno-Structural Interventions: Reengineering.- 15.Strategic Interventions: Transformational Change.- 16. Strategic Interventions: Trans-Organizational Change.- 17. Strategic Interventions: Continuous Change.- IV Evaluation and the Way Forward.- 18. Evaluation of Organizational Development.- 19. Trends in OD.- 20. The Future of OD.- V International and Caribbean/Latin American Case Studies in Organizational Development.- 21. Case Study Teaching and Learning.- 22. Case Studies on Techno-Structural Interventions.- 23. Case Studies on Strategic Interventions.- VI The OD Practitioner’s Toolkit.- 24. Success Factors for Effective Organizational Development in Practice.

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Riann Singh is Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Development within the Department of Management Studies at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. She has extensive teaching and research experience in these areas. Shalini Ramdeo is part-time Lecturer in Organizational Development and has teaching and research experience in the area of organizational behavior, and human resource management with the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

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