Consultation For Organizational Change Revisited

Author : David W. Jamieson,Robert C. Barnett,Anthony F. Buono
Publisher : IAP
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781681234335

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Consultation for Organizational Change Revisited by David W. Jamieson,Robert C. Barnett,Anthony F. Buono Pdf

As a follow-up to a 2010 volume on organizational change-related consulting, the book continues to push our thinking about the dynamics involved in consulting with change leaders and intervening in the change process. Consulting for organizational change is a special type of consultation, with its own complex set of conditions and needs for a broad range of skills and competencies, which include distinct needs for the client-consultant relationship, superior consulting/facilitation skills, an expertise in human and organizational systems, and, as emphasized in the volume, the masterful “use of self.” As with our prior edited collection, this volume is a joint publication in the Research in Management Consulting and Contemporary Trends in Organization Development and Change book series. The dual focus is intended to reflect the importance of quality consulting for change across both the management consulting and Organization Development (OD) fields. It follows a long history of interest in how consulting affects organization change, what works, and, perhaps most importantly for generating theory and insight into the change process, why it works. The book contains fourteen chapters that frame the changing nature of the organizational change challenge, explore the use of self in intervening in organizations, and examine different change frameworks and perspectives, sharing various reflections and personal insights into the underlying challenges of consulting to bring about organizational change. Our underlying goal is to advance the theory and practice of effective organizational change consultation, stimulating thinking and discussion among change practitioners and researchers so that this work and profession continue to grow and evolve. ENDORSEMENT: “Consultation for Organization Change Revisited offers a clear map of the dominant thinking about how consultants intervene to help organizations create an alternative future. It nicely answers the question of "What is Organization Development." It also has a memory so that you see the arc of the field over time, which gives an important perspective. Organization change is complicated work, this book makes it clearer.” ~ Peter Block Author of Flawless Consulting

Author : Edgar H. Schein
Publisher : Process Consultation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 020134596X

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Process Consultation Revisited by Edgar H. Schein Pdf

This volume focuses on the interaction between consultant and client, explaining how to achieve the healthy, helping relationship so essential to effective consultation.

Author : Anthony F. Buono,Léon de Caluwé,Annemieke Stoppelenburg
Publisher : IAP
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781623961732

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Exploring the Professional Identity of Management Consultants by Anthony F. Buono,Léon de Caluwé,Annemieke Stoppelenburg Pdf

The volume is based on the presentations and discussions from the Fifth European Conference on Management Consulting sponsored by the Management Consulting Division of the Academy of Management, which took place June, 2011 at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The conference theme – Exploring the Professional Identity of Management Consultants – attempted to capture the highly ambiguous social status of this young and emerging profession. Management consulting does not have professional standards or accreditation criteria like those found in medicine or law, there are low barriers to entry, and a broad range of tasks are undertaken in the name of consulting. As a result, a crucial aspect of what constitutes such a loosely defined profession is the identity of its members. The professional identity of management consultants is continuously developing through the interplay of how consultants are seen and valued by clients as well as in the larger society, and how consultancy firms and consultants identify and position themselves. This theme includes a variety of topics, ranging from the interaction between consultants and their clients, consultant rhetoric and self-presentation, and the plethora of books, media and public discourse on consulting, to human resource policies and practices, knowledge development activities of consultancy firms, career and life stories of consultants and consultancies, and consulting associations, accreditation bodies, and education programs. All of these factors contribute, either directly or indirectly, to identity construction in the field of management consulting.

Author : Robert Golembiewski
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781482289909

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Handbook of Organizational Consultation, Second Editon by Robert Golembiewski Pdf

A handbook on organizational consultation. This second edition includes more than 35 new chapters and an expanded list of international contributors. It analyzes all aspects of organizational consulting - including normative, empirical and political topics - and offers a broad view of consultation diagnoses, problem centres, and interventions.

Author : Dana Gaines Robinson,James C. Robinson,Jack J. Phillips,Patricia Pulliam Phillips,Dick Handshaw
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626562301

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Performance Consulting by Dana Gaines Robinson,James C. Robinson,Jack J. Phillips,Patricia Pulliam Phillips,Dick Handshaw Pdf

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED In America, organizations spend $175 billion in training initiatives and more than $500 billion in human resource solutions every year yet often have little to show for it. One reason is that people “jump to solutions” before they identify the causes of the problem. Performance consultants are effective because they partner with clients to clarify business goals and determine root causes for gaps between desired and current results. Only then are specific solutions agreed upon and implemented. This third edition of the classic book that introduced performance consulting adds a wealth of new material. There are new case examples throughout and four new chapters providing detailed steps for measuring results from performance consulting initiatives on five different levels, including ROI. The book includes a never-before-published Alignment and Measurement Model, allowing you to connect organizational needs and performance consulting initiatives designed to address those needs with the appropriate level of measurement. This remains a profoundly practical book, featuring tools, models, and checklists. It will enable you to make a difference in your organization that is valued, measurable, and sustainable.

Author : Anthony F. Buono,David W. Jamieson
Publisher : IAP
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781617350887

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Consultation for Organizational Change by Anthony F. Buono,David W. Jamieson Pdf

This volume is a joint publication in the Research in Management Consulting and Contemporary Trends in Organizational Change and Development series. This dual focus reflects the reality that consulting for organizational change is a special type of management consultation, a complex field of endeavor that requires a broad range of skills and competencies. To be truly effective, change-related consulting requires a unique client-consultant relationship, a special set of consulting skills, an expertise in human and organizational systems, and significant personal qualities. It is in high demand in a world full of change. Yet, we still know relatively little theoretically about this type of consulting and have relatively little empirical evidence about what actually works and why. As the contributors amply illustrate, the Organization Development (OD) field has a well developed set of frameworks, technologies, and models of change. Still we need to focus on and learn more about the role of the OD consultant as a special kind of change agent. A goal of this joint volume is to increase that specific body of knowledge and provide an illustration of much needed collaboration in bringing all possible resources to bear on our understanding of an increasingly critical and essential form of consulting.

Author : Léon de Caluwe,Hans Vermaak
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781452262895

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Learning to Change by Léon de Caluwe,Hans Vermaak Pdf

"A good balance between theory and practice . . . it definitely fills a void in the [lack of] texts in the area and the change literature in general . . . a good fit for my graduate class on 'Managing Organizational Change.'" —Anthony F. Buono, McCallum Graduate School of Business, Bentley College "Like Gareth Morgan's Images of Organization, this book is a superb blend of theory and practicality. It demystifies chaos and paradox, and it encourages the understanding of organizational dynamics from multiple perspectives. It is refreshing to read a book that presents diverse theories and interventions so even-handedly." —Andrea Markowitz, Ph.D., President, OB&D, Inc. Learning to Change: A Guide for Organizational Change Agents provides a comprehensive overview of organizational change theories and practices developed by both U.S. and European change theorists. The authors compare and contrast five fundamentally different ways of thinking about change: yellow print thinking, blue print thinking, red print thinking, green print thinking and white print thinking. They also discuss in detail the steps change agents take, such as diagnosis, change strategy, the intervention plan, and interventions. In addition, they explore the attributes of a successful change agent and provide advice for career and professional development. The book includes case studies that describe multiple approaches to organizational change issues. This book will appeal to both the practitioner and academic audiences. It can be used as a text in graduate courses in change management and will also be a useful reference for consultants and managers. Features: Discusses the abilities, attitudes, and styles of successful change agents Describes five fundamentally different ways of thinking about change Presents a state-of-the-art overview of change management insights, methods, and instruments Summarizes an extensive amount of organizational change literature Supplies readers with useful insights and courses of action that will allow them to design and implement change professionally Learning to Change became a bestseller upon its initial publication in the Netherlands. The color-model on change is very popular among thousands of managers and change consultants and presents a new approach to change processes and a new language for change.

Author : Edgar H. Schein
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0201067331

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Process consultation by Edgar H. Schein Pdf

Author : Henri Savall,Veronique Zardet
Publisher : IAP
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781623962821

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The Dynamics and Challenges of Tetranormalization by Henri Savall,Veronique Zardet Pdf

This volume continues the collaboration between the RMC book series and the French management research think tank ISEOR (Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations). Those familiar with Henri Savall’s and his colleague Véronique Zardet’s earlier work on the socio-economic theory of organizations will recognize their assessments of organizational dysfunctions and hidden costs – but in a different context. In their current work, the emphasis is on the tensions created by the wider environment – the idea of tetranormalization – and how those tensions shape and influence organizational life. Drawing on a wide range of examples from the news media and popular press, Savall and Zardet paint a disturbing picture of the underlying dynamics and challenges posed by a literal avalanche of standards and norms – which are often ambiguous and conflicting – that literally encompasses all that we do. Their analytic framework is composed of four “poles” – two social dimensions and two economic dimensions – that capture social norms and quality, safety and environment standards (the social dimension), and trade-related norms and accounting and financial standards (the economic dimension). Throughout the volume, Savall and Zardet’s analysis captures the myriad ways in which these dimensions interact, shaping the “rules of the game” that dictate how organizations compete and collaborate. Differentiating the “rules of the game” from “playing with” those rules, they delve into the subtleties and nuances that underlie these “poles,” providing further insight into how these forces are manipulated through lobbying and the seemingly 24/7 cycle of exposing, publicizing and rule-making surrounding social and economic as well as scientific and technological controversies. As Savall and Zardet argue, we are in the midst of a profound upheaval that will play havoc with our economic and social lives for some time to come. If we are going to exert influence on that reality, the challenges that we face moving forward must be conceptualized, constructed and implemented today, for, as they argue, “the road to durable prosperity will be a long haul.” Yet, moving beyond these challenges per se, they underscore that we are also presented with an exceptional opportunity – the very real opportunity to create a sustainable commitment to responsible and responsive organizational performance, one that can be fuelled and financed by our ability to translate the hidden costs that exist in all our organizations into productive, value-added activities and true wealth creation. Their analysis presents an intriguing challenge to traditional notions of corporate social responsibility, delving into the idea of “durably acceptable” responsibility, ways to facilitate greater stakeholder engagement, and how we can capture ongoing and sustainable improvement in organizational performance.

Author : Gervase R. Bushe,Robert J. Marshak
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626564053

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Dialogic Organization Development by Gervase R. Bushe,Robert J. Marshak Pdf

A Dynamic New Approach to Organizational Change Dialogic Organization Development is a compelling alternative to the classical action research approach to planned change. Organizations are seen as fluid, socially constructed realities that are continuously created through conversations and images. Leaders and consultants can help foster change by encouraging disruptions to taken-for-granted ways of thinking and acting and the use of generative images to stimulate new organizational conversations and narratives. This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to Dialogic Organization Development with chapters by a global team of leading scholar-practitioners addressing both theoretical foundations and specific practices.

Author : Julie Hodges
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749478643

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Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change by Julie Hodges Pdf

Organizations are increasingly investing in consulting capabilities to understand what changes they need to make to keep up the pace with the competition and future-proof their business. Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change is a guide for students and internal and external consultants needing to develop the necessary skills to consult in organizational settings where there is a great deal of complexity. It tackles the issues posing the greatest threat to the success of the change programme, including how to adapt to rapidly shifting needs, deal with the emotional and ethical issues that arise and ensure that the managers take full ownership for the change so that 'business as usual' is established. Complete with case studies from the 'Big Four' consultancy groups as well as boutique firms, Consultancy, Organizational Development and Change shows how to identify and execute interventions in a variety of organizational settings to deliver value. It provides guidance on how to develop a value proposition; define, write and present the business case for the proposed interventions; establish credibility and report on the results.

Author : Peter Block
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business consultants
ISBN : 1560000007

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Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used by Peter Block Pdf

Author : David Brian Szabla
Publisher : IAP
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798887303192

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Management Consulting in the Era of the Digital Organization by David Brian Szabla Pdf

The 4th Industrial Revolution is well underway. Our lives are changing at an exponential rate, resulting in a multi-faceted, deeply interconnected world. The digital revolution is integrating multiple technologies, which is leading to unprecedented paradigm shifts in the economy, management, and society. Entire systems across countries, industries, and societies are being transformed, triggering a transformation that is unlike anything humankind has ever experienced. Given the confluence of dramatic changes in organizational life, triggering emerging technology breakthroughs such as robotics, the internet of things, biotechnology, materials science, data science and big data, and quantum computing, this volume of the Research in Management Consulting series explores how the research and practice of management consulting is unfolding in a new era of profound shifts in the way researchers and consultants sense, think, and act. The authors of this volume bring both to scholars and practitioners the latest discussions of efforts to understand consulting in organizations amplified by the fusion of technologies across physical, digital, and biological worlds. They also bring to light a movement from human supervised artificial intelligence systems to fully autonomous artificial intelligence systems that have the potential to demonstrate intelligence beyond uman capabilities.

Author : Debra A. Noumair,Abraham B. Rami Shani
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787563537

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Research in Organizational Change and Development by Debra A. Noumair,Abraham B. Rami Shani Pdf

This volume provides new conceptual insights to help organizations improve health and wellbeing in society. Some chapters do this by addressing macro-level change, some by highlighting evidence-based change at the micro level, and others by extending theory and integrating perspectives that heretofore have remained separate.

Author : Joan V. Gallos
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1295 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119461197

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Organization Development by Joan V. Gallos Pdf

This is the third book in the Jossey-Bass Reader series, Organization Development: A Jossey-Bass Reader. This collection will introduce the key thinkers and contributors in organization development including Ed Lawler, Peter Senge, Chris Argyris, Richard Hackman, Jay Galbraith, Cooperrider, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Bolman & Deal, Kouzes & Posner, and Ed Schein, among others. "Without reservations I recommend this volume to those students of organizational behavior who want an encyclopedia of OD to gain a perspective on the past, present, and future...." Jonathan D. Springer of the American Psychological Association.