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020			_a9780132422314
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035			_a(OCLC)39914158
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _dBD-DhEWU _beng
041			_aeng
050	0	0	_aHD58.8 _b.F76 1999
082	0	4	_a658.406 _bFRO 1999
100	1		_aFrench, Wendell L., _d1923- _911286
245	1	0	_aOrganization development : _bbehavioral science interventions for organization improvement / _cWendell L. French, Cecil H. Bell, Jr.
250			_a6th ed.
260			_aUpper Saddle River, NJ : _bPrentice Hall, _cc1999.
300			_axv, 343 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505			_tTOC _a I. AN INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT. 1. The Field of Organization Development --- 2. Definitions of Organization Development --- 3. A History of Organization Development --- 4. Values, Assumptions, and Beliefs in OD ---- II. THEORY AND MANAGEMENT OF OD. 5. Foundations of Organization Development --- 6. Managing the OD Process --- 7. Action Research and Organization Development ---- III. OD INTERVENTIONS. 8. An Overview of OD Interventions --- 9. Team Interventions --- 10. Intergroup and Third-Party Peacemaking Interventions --- 11. Comprehensive OD Interventions --- 12. Structural Interventions and the Applicability of OD --- 13. Training Experiences ---- IV. KEY CONSIDERATIONS AND ISSUES. 14. Issues in Consultant-Client Relationships --- 15. System Ramifications --- 16. Power, Politics, and Organization Development --- 17. Research on Organization Development --- 18. The Future and Organization Development.
520			_aSummary: Appropriate for courses in Organization Development, this new edition explores the improvement of organizations through planned, systematic, long-range efforts focused on the organization's culture and its human and social processes. The authors present a concise and comprehensive exposition of the theory, practice, and research related to organization development. The Sixth Edition reflects the most recent developments, advances and expansions, and research in the area of OD. KEY TOPICS: Adds and updates new material to provide the most current information available. Strengthens coverage by adding new interventions and new material. Offers a more lively tone and writing style. Emphasizes the everchanging paradigms in OD theory and describes several new and important interventions in considerable detail. Sets discussions in the rapidly-evolving contexts of globalization, intensified competition and collaboration, Total Quality Management (TQM) and large-scale organizational change. Provides excellent coverage of the organization and its dynamics for managers and professionals.
526			_aBA
590			_aSagar Shahanawaz
650		0	_aOrganizational change. _911354
700	1		_aBell, Cecil, _d1935- _911287
856			_3WorldCat details _uhttps://www.worldcat.org/title/organization-development-behavioral-science-interventions-for-organization-improvement/oclc/39914158&referer=brief_results
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