Practicing Organization Development (A guide for Consultants) - Part 1. Organization development (OD) is about planned change. As change has turned into the only constant, many managers and other people are pursuing change strategies with vigor. OD is a major strategy for leading and managing change at the individual, group, intergroup, organizational, interorganizational, and large systems levels. This book is about what it takes to be an effective change manager, change leader, and OD consultant | .J fW0 Pfeiffer Essential resources for training and HR professionals WILLIAM J. ROTHWELL ROLAND SULLIVAN EDITORS PRACTICING ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT A GUIDE FDR CONSULTANTS SECOND EDITION About This Book Why is this topic important Organization development OD is about planned change. As change has turned into the only constant many managers and other people are pursuing change strategies with vigor. OD is a major strategy for leading and managing change at the individual group intergroup organizational interorganizational and large systems levels. This book is about what it takes to be an effective change manager change leader and OD consultant. What can you achieve with this book Simply stated this book provides everything you need to think through on how to function as a competent OD professional. How is this book organized The book is organized into five parts. Part 1 consists of Chapters 1 through 7 and is entitled Foundations. It includes information on key terms and definitions models origins of OD and practitioner competencies. Part 2 consists of Chapters 8 through 13 and is entitled Steps to Guide Planned Change. This section covers marketing pre-launch launch implementation evaluation and separation. Part 3 consists of Chapters 14 through 19 and is entitled Levels of Organizational Change. In it we discuss the issue of organization culture and interventions across various levels individual team large systems and interlevel. Part 4 the final part of the book addresses some special issues in OD global OD values appreciative inquiry human systems dynamics technology consultant issues and looking to the future. The book concludes with three appendices that offer a variety of supplementary information including a self-assessment tool for OD competencies. The CD-ROM that accompanies this book provides reproducible slides as well as copies of the appendices and resource .
