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Title: Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement by Wendell L. French, Cecil H., Jr. Bell ISBN: 0-13-009374-2 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 20 August, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $36.15 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: how about some double loop learning ?
Comment: This is a flawed edition of a classic book.
Yes, it is historical in its overview. Yes it is dense with ideas and concepts. It makes readers think that OD/change management is hard work. But this is a good thing. Change aint easy, and intervening in people's working lives is serious business. Lets learn from the past. It also has lots of case explanations, and it does explain the theory clearly. I wouldn't let anyone who couldn't understand it near my consultancy work.
The criticism that it is dated is a bit more on the mark; not because the more recent stuff on change isn't there, it is, but it is tacked on to the material from earlier editions with no thought to the coherence of the book's structure. A shame; it needs a good, new third author who loves the original text to bring it up to date.
Despite the flaws, I give it 5 stars to bring the average up. Those who award it only one star do it an injustice. And, a lesson for the would be change agent, things in life, whether books or bits of our client organization are rarely wholly good or wholly bad..... (ok,ok).
Another good thing, compared to its competitors its small !
Rating: 1
Summary: Out of date. Great during the seventies!
Comment: This book is long out of date. Read either Kotter, Beitler, or Schein.
Rating: 1
Summary: This book is out of date!
Comment: This book was written in the seventies! It shows. I recommend reading something current; such as Cummings & Worley, or Beitler, or Kotter.
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Title: Group Dynamics for Teams by Daniel Levi ISBN: 0761922547 Publisher: SAGE Publications Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Productive Workplaces : Organizing and Managing for Dignity, Meaning, and Community (The Jossey-Bass Management Series) by Marvin R. Weisbord ISBN: 1555423701 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 26 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Process Consultation Revisited : Building the Helping Relationship (ADDISON-WESLEY SERIES ON ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT) by Edgar H. Schein ISBN: 020134596X Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 12 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $38.60 |
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Title: Facilitating With Ease! A Step-By-Step Guidebook with Customizable Worksheets on CD-ROM by Ingrid Bens, Ingrid Bens ISBN: 0787951943 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Flawless Consulting : A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used (Wiley Audio) by Peter Block ISBN: 0787948039 Publisher: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer Pub. Date: 15 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $47.00 |
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