2025 Higher Education Learning Solutions Catalog

Organizational Development

CONTENTS CONTENTS

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Industry/CareerinFocus ......................... Chapter Summary ...............................

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CHAPTER 1 Overview of Organizational Development LearningOutcomes.............................. Learning Objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thoughts about Organizational Development . . . . . . . . Evolution of Organizational Development . . . . . . . . . . . Stages in the OD Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SignificanceofOD............................... Chapter Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industry/Career in Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER 3 Entering and Contracting

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LearningOutcomes.............................. Learning Objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Establishing the OD Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contracting and the Steps Involved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Chapter Tests ................................... ChapterProject................................. Industry/CareerinFocus ......................... Chapter Summary ..............................

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CHAPTER 4 Diagnosing Organizations

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CHAPTER 2 Concept of Planned Change

LearningOutcomes.............................. Learning Objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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LearningOutcomes.............................. Learning Objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The Concept of Diagnosis and Various Diagnostic Models ........................... Organizational Diagnostic Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Nature of Planned Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TheoriesofPlannedChange.......................

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Purposes for Conducting Organizational/ Company Level Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Chapter Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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iii Industry/CareerinFocus ......................... Chapter Summary .............................. Chapter Tests ................................... ChapterProject.................................

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