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Covering classic and contemporary organization development (OD) techniques that guide individual, team, and organizational change, this textbook incorporates discussion of OD ethics into each chapter and offers thorough discussions of interventions at all levels. In-depth case studies that follow major content and process chapters allow students to immediately apply what they have learned. In today′s challenging environment of increased globalization, rapidly changing technologies, economic pressures, and expectations in the contemporary workforce, this book is an essential tool.

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The book provides a good open-systems introduction to the topic of organization change, presenting the big concepts in a way that managers can use. -- Ron Camp 20111019

The book provides a good open-systems introduction to the topic of organization change, presenting the big concepts in a way that managers can use. -- Ron Camp

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Donald L. Anderson, Ph.D., University of Colorado, teaches organization development at the University of Denver and organization design at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is a practicing organization development consultant and has consulted internally and externally with a wide variety of organizations, including Fortune 500 corporations, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions. Dr. Anderson’s research interest is in discourse in organizational and institutional settings, and his studies of organizational discourse and change have been published in journals such as the Journal of Organizational Change Management, Gestion, and Journal of Business and Technical Communication. He is the author of the text Organization Design: Creating Strategic and Agile Organizations (SAGE, 2019) and editor of the text Cases and Exercises in Organization Development & Change (2nd ed., SAGE, 2017).  

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