Strategic Organization Development: A Failure of True Organization...

Organization Development Journal;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......we currently approach strategic organization development (the complete transformation of...but a failure for "traditional" organization development. This is not to say strategic...the organization failed to use organization development to prevent the need for such drastic...

Organization Development: Strategies for Changing Environments

Personnel Psychology;  October 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Houston, and Sandra A. McIntire. Organization Development: Strategies for Changing Environments...State University, Wichita, KS. Organization development conjures up old memories of a...associated "touchy-feely" with organization development. Consequently, I was surprised...

What is organization development?

Training & Development;  August 1, 2000 ;     674 words ......adapted from "Principles of Organization Development," a revised issue by Rima...values. And that is what organization development is all about: planned change. *Organization development is the planned process of...

Measuring the return on investment in organization development: Key issues...

Organization Development Journal;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......characterize ROI as the answer to the organization development accountability challenge. The...concerning ROI and its use in organization development. The important point this article...accurately for almost any type of organization development program. To accomplish this, the...

CHINESE EXECUTIVES' ASSESSMENT OF ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS

Organization Development Journal;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......regarding their opinions of 16 common organization development interventions. The survey, translated...in practicing and "marketing" organization development in China, a country that has demonstrated...consultants. There is no question that organization development has proven to be ...

Organization development: An examination of definitions and dependent...

Organization Development Journal;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......and other related activities, organization development (OD) has been engaging in an ongoing...outcomes or intended results of organization development (OD)? Related literature regarding...at the charter meeting of the Organization Development Network in 1968 (Gustafson, 2001...

Advice from the experts for the aspiring practitioner of organization...

Organization Development Journal;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......to persons new to the field of organization development. The advice proffered by these...men and women enter the field of organization development (OD). One of the more pertinent...to someone new to the field of organization development?" The purpose of this article...

Organization Development

Quality Progress;  December 1, 2007 ;     237 words ...Organization Development Joan V. Gallos, editor...1,057 pp., $35 (book). Organization Development, edited by professor Gallos...leaders such as Peter Senge, Organization Development provides the history of...

Reinventing Organization Development: New Approaches to Change in...

Personnel Psychology;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Editors). Reinventing Organization Development: New Approaches to Change...Amazon.com for texts on organization development (OD). When I used the search term, organization development, I found 18,645 hits. A...

Organization Development.(Organization Development: Principles, Processes,...

HRMagazine;  April 1, 2006 ;     575 words ...Organization Development By Gary N. McLean Berrett-Koehl...All these are examples of organization development, says University of Minnesota...discipline covers many contexts. Organization Development is an undergraduate and...

The Future of Organization Development: Enabling Sustainable Business...

Organization Development Journal;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Global Committee on the Future of Organization Development is juxtaposed with a case study...Electronics to illustrate how effective organization development practices can be applied to, add...Behavioral Science (JABS) entitled: "Is Organization Development in Crisis?" Bradford and ...

Organization development in Mexico

Organization Development Journal;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......general overview of the evolution of Organization Development (O.D.) in Mexico up until the...will begin by a short history of Organization Development in Mexico and correlated research...institution in postgraduate studies on Organization Development (O.D.). After much explanation...

Building O.D.C. as an Academic Discipline: A Qualitative Inquiry into a...

Organization Development Journal;  October 1, 2006 ;     474 words ......most influential on the field of organization development (O.D.), were gained through in-dep...inquiry into a Maturing Field of Organization Development: GO.D.parents and Gurus on Potential...most influential on the field of organization development from which 11 consented to an...

Strategic Organization Development: A Seat at the Table

Organization Development Journal;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......without the other. Introduction Organization Development is a field deeply rooted in personal...of the organizations we serve. Organization Development has always been a field guided...serious dialogue about strategic organization development. It is an issue we still struggle...

From the guest editor: Empirically driven change: Putting rigor in...

Organization Development Journal;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......clients regarding the value of organization development and change (OD&C) initiatives...McGregor came up with the term Organization Development as a way to describe the processes...words, "For many practitioners of organization development in organizations, the personal...