Organizational Dynamics: Diagnosis and Intervention

by John P. Kotter

A member of the AWL OD Series! This book offers managers and OD specialists a powerful way of diagnosing organizational problems and of deciding when, where, and how to use (or not use) the diverse and growing number of organizational improvement tools that are available today. Comprehensive and fully integrated, the book includes many different concepts, research findings, and competing philosophies and provides specific examples of how to use the information to improve organizational functioning.

99 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

John P. Kotter, world-renowned expert on leadership, is the author of many books, including Leading Change, Our Iceberg is Melting, The Heart of Change, and his latest book, That's Not How We Do It Here!. He is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School, and a graduate of MIT and Harvard. He is co-founder of Kotter International, a change management and strategy execution firm that helps organizations engage employees in a movement to drive change and reach sustainable results. He and his wife Nancy live in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Reviews

[Gregory Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

As an Organizational Development consultant, I have found the formulas or template of this resource to be one of the most well structured designs for the initial conversation with nearly any organization. This has been one of our most important tools to guide us in our conversations to engage potential clients to make a mental assessment of their own organization for the better part of 30 years. Yes, the organizational dynamics assessment is most applicable today.

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

READ JUN 2012

Classic piece from Kotter for any OD specialist. The system dynamic framework is a useful way to think about the connections between structures and key organizational processes. This framework can be used diagnostically as one seeks to understand the constraints and impacts each structure has on the other as well as on the key processes.