Organization Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change

by Donald L. Anderson

Organization Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change offers a comprehensive look at individual, team, and organizational change, covering classic and contemporary organization development (OD) techniques. Bestselling author Donald L. Anderson provides students with the organization development tools they need to succeed in today’s challenging environment defined by globalization, rapidly changing technologies, economic pressures, and evolving workforce expectations.  

The new Fifth Edition has been updated to reflect the latest research. New "Profiles in OD" highlight a variety of practitioners and researchers. New cases, examples, and a new chapter on organization design and culture interventions provide readers with the latest information on OD best practices.  
 

Genres: Leadership, Textbooks, Grad School, Nonfiction, Buisness, Business

504 pages, Paperback

First published January 13, 2009

Reviews

[Bryan Tanner · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was my MBA 536: Leadership MGMT course textbook (Gibb Dyer 2017, BYU Marriott School of Business). He swore by it. I found it abstractly helpful during the course and while working for a change management training company (VitalSmarts, now Crucial Learning). Unless you are CURRENTLY leading a change management effort in your organization, I wouldn't recommend it.

[Natasha]

MBA 687 ✔️

[Steven Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a relatively brief introduction to the study of organization development (OD). What is organization development? The text notes that (page 2) ". . .an area of academic study and professional practice focused on making organizations better. . . ." This is an interdisciplinary field of study, drawing upon work from business, psychology, human resource management, and so on. The author notes further that (Page 3): "Organization development is the process of increasing organizational effectiveness, and facilitating personal and organizational change through the use of interventions driven by social and behavioral science knowledge."

How does this volume try to outline the study of organization development? First, it covers basic elements of the field. Second, it provides a variety of case studies.

The volume begins by discussing the nature and history and values of OD. Later subjects include the consultation process of OD practitioners, the nature of organizational change, diagnosis of organizations, intervention tactics, sustaining organizational change, and so on.

A useful introduction to the subject. . . .

[Tony Martinez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, it is an educational text, but it has great content!

[Mary Fambrough · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well balanced

Good up-to-date foundation text on organization development and change. I will be using it as the basis for a doctoral level executive style course with supplemental readings. I like that it is not overly broad in scope as the class is fairly narrow and students have many other courses ahead of them. This one balances introduction with sophistication.

[Erica Mauter · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice intro to the field of OD, written from the point of view of acting as an OD consultant.

[Greg Danklef · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a text book, it is pretty easy reading, but a bit long. There are some ethics portions in each chapter that can be skipped, but all in all a good manual for consulting.

[Stephanie Rideau · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of consulting and change management. I like how the author highlighted the ethical issues in each section.

[Deb · Rating 2 out of 5]

good reference...kind of dry but useful material!

[LeAnn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for college. Part of class curriculum.