Overview

Ideas which are comfortable and familiar are not likely to challenge or transform our thinking. As human beings, our need to reduce cognitive dissonance causes us to seek the familiar and reject the unfamiliar, often without careful reflection. Scholars must overcome such natural tendencies in order to look beyond the reaches of well accepted doctrine, exploring less-understood and less-accepted explanations of the way things are, and consider instead the possibilities that alternative futures could hold. Collectively the chapters that make up volume 12 are a statement of the vibrancy and ever changing nature of the field of organizational change and development.

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Author:   William A. Pasmore ,  Richard W. Woodman
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   JAI Press Inc.
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.724kg
ISBN:  

9780762306275

ISBN 10:   0762306270
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   03 February 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"List of contributors. Preface (W.A. Pasmore, R.W. Woodman). Conversations and the epidemiology of change (J.D. Ford). Organizational development as facilitating the surfacing and modification of social rules (C. Lundberg). Collaboration and allegory: extending the metaphor of organizational culture in the context of interorganizational change (J.W. Grubbs, R.B. Denhardt). Making change permanent: a model for institutionalizing change interventions (A.A. Armenakis et al.). TQM and organizational change: a longitudinal study of the impact of a TQM intervention on work attitudes (J.A-M. Coyle-Shapiro). Implementing effective cross-functional teams: a multilevel framework for analysis (L.W. Lam et al.). Collaborative organizing: an ""ideal type"" for a new paradigm (P.J. Robertson). The relational healing dimension of organizational development: transformative stories and dialogue in life-cycle transitions (G.S. Khalsa, D.S. Steingard). The professionalization of organization development: a status report and look to the future (C.K. Weidner II, O.A. Kulick). About the contributors."

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