Consulting For Organizational Change

Author : David W. Jamieson,Robert C. Barnett,Anthony F. Buono
Publisher : IAP
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : Fritz Steele
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015015290565

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Consulting for Organizational Change by Fritz Steele Pdf

Monograph on the behavioural sciences aspects of management consultantcy - emphasizes a consultation methodology that is aimed at improvement in the future functioning of the client system, and covers the importance of learning by both client and consultant, etc. Diagrams and references.

Author : Julie Hodges
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,6 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 : Anthony F. Buono,David W. Jamieson
Publisher : IAP
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,6 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 : Alan Weiss
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471470038

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Organizational Consulting by Alan Weiss Pdf

The expert guide to effective internal consulting This book guides internal consultants through the steps necessary to bolster their credibility, build relationships within the organization, develop internal marketing abilities, and apply proper methodologies to their work. Alan Weiss, an experienced consultant, provides practical techniques the internal consultant, internal human resources practitioner, and any other internal change agent can use to excel at work, advance their careers, and become valued assets to their organizations. Some of the major subjects covered include setting up the proper environment for success and establishing peer-level interactions. Alan Weiss, PhD (East Greenwich, CT), has consulted with hundreds of organizations around the world, including Mercedes-Benz, Hewlett-Packard, Merck, and Chase. He lectures widely and appears regularly on radio and television to discuss productivity and performance. He is the author of twelve books, including Getting Started in Consulting (Wiley: 0-471-38455-0), The Ultimate Consultant (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5508-6), How to Acquire Clients (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5514-0), and Process Consulting (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5512-4).

Author : Fritz Steele
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1975-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0870233572

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Consulting for Organizational Change by Fritz Steele Pdf

A widely used classroom text this is a collection of essays on organizational behavior and the social and psychological processes involved in changing it. A lively, and humorous account of what [Steele] feels, based on his own and his colleagues' experiences are the key elements in the consulting function. In essence he believes that 'learning [on the part of both consultant and client] is an essential input to consulting, and that play he includes among his 'references' works by Marjorie Allingham and Ngaio Marsh as well as works by Argyris and Bennis. Recommended for business collections and a must for anyone who is involved in consulting.

Author : Carter McNamara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business consultants
ISBN : 1933719206

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Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development by Carter McNamara Pdf

Author : Annamaria Garden
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351818971

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Organizational Change in Practice by Annamaria Garden Pdf

This book challenges the practice or organizational change programmes. It uses two case studies in depth to illustrate that consulting companies can often get it wrong. Senior managers often do not know enough about managing change. The text is arranged around eight deadly sins to avoid in the practice of change: self-deception of the change agents rather than self-awareness; destruction of the identity of the organization caused by arrogance; especially of the large consulting companies; destruction of cohesion; gobbledygook langua≥ concentrating on structural change, not behavioural chan≥ making the organization worse, not better; the intelligence in resistance; and the deep trauma of redundancy. The author's main objective is to get academics and practitioners to stop and think about what they are doing when they work with organizations. Organizational Change in Practice will be of interest to business professionals seeking to understand how change can impact their organization as well as organizational consultants.

Author : Dianne Waddell,Andrew Creed,Thomas G. Cummings,Christopher G. Worley
Publisher : Cengage AU
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-31
Category : Management
ISBN : 9780170366687

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Organisational Change by Dianne Waddell,Andrew Creed,Thomas G. Cummings,Christopher G. Worley Pdf

Change Management is a crucial process for gaining the competitive advantage that is the goal of many organisations. Leaders and change agents are often faced with conflicting challenges of motivating and understanding increasingly diverse workforces, accounting to stakeholders and planning for the future in a chaotic environment. Comprising 12 chapters in 6 parts, the text opens with an explanation of the environment of change faced by organisations today. It then deals with managing organisational development, which is a planned process of change which is often subject to the incursions of organisational transformation, a more dramatic and unpredictable type of change. With the field of organisational change continuing to evolve, especially in an international context, future directions of change management are also discussed. Finally, to emphasise the relationship between theory to practice, Organisational Change: Development and Transformation 6e provides 10 local and international case studies and a suite of online cases supported by a case matrix. Case studies, exercises and support material present the challenges of change management in a real-life manner - examining issues from a variety of viewpoints.

Author : Dean Anderson,Linda Ackerman Anderson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787959227

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Beyond Change Management by Dean Anderson,Linda Ackerman Anderson Pdf

Transform your organization! To truly transform your organization, you must learn to transform your own mindset. Beyond Change Management-the only book specifically about the interaction of leadership style, mindset, and the change process-revolutionizes leaders' approach to transformational change. Shattering the myth that transformation can be managed, this book-part of the Practicing OD Series--offers you new directions and ways of thinking and behaving that are essential for successful change. Its unique approach brings organization development (OD) into the mainstream of leaders' approaches to change, expanding and integrating the fields of OD, leadership, change management, and consciousness. You'll also get: ready-to-use worksheets questionnaires guidelines "Powerful business solutions to the current chaos facing many organizations today. Dean Anderson and Linda Ackerman Anderson get to the heart of change, the human touch, by using timeless techniques and tools." --Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager and Gung Ho! "The authors combine their keen observations, sharp insights, and open hearts to produce towering works that will stand as lasting contributions to leadership and organization development. . . .[t]hey guide us along a path of personal discovery so that we may have the strength of spirit to risk the creation of more meaningful organizations." --Jim Kouzes, coauthor, The Leadership Challenge and Encouraging the Hear

Author : William J. Rothwell,Roland L. Sullivan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787978501

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Practicing Organization Development by William J. Rothwell,Roland L. Sullivan Pdf

Since it was first published in 1995, Practicing Organization Development has become a classic in change management. Now completely revised and updated, editors Rothwell and Sullivan, leaders in the field of OD, and numerous expert practitioners, walk you through each episode of change facilitation. You?ll find exhibits, activities, instruments, and case studies. You'll get help applying each phase of a popular emerging change making model. And you?ll find include applied research and insights from a wide variety of well-known OD practitioners and academicians. Included in this comprehensive resource are an instructor's guide, ever expanding materials on the Web, and a companion CD-ROM with PowerPoint slides and supplemental materials. Practicing Organization Development is packed with useful, current, proven direction on applying OD principles in the real world -- order your copy today!

Author : Carter McNamara
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Consultants
ISBN : 1933719001

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Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development with Nonprofits by Carter McNamara Pdf

This practical book combines the tools and techniques of the field of Organization Development with the power of systems thinking and principles for successful change in nonprofits. The book also addresses problems with traditional approaches to consulting and leading. The result is a proven, time-tested roadmap for consultants and leaders to accomplish significant change in nonprofits. You can use this book to accomplish change in small or large organizations, whether the organization is dealing with a variety of complex issues or striving to achieve goals for the future.

Author : Esther Cameron,Mike Green
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749464363

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Making Sense of Change Management by Esther Cameron,Mike Green Pdf

Written for students and professionals alike, Making Sense of Change Management is the classic text in the field of change management. It is aimed at anyone who wants to understand why change happens, how it happens and what needs to be done to make change a welcome rather than a dreaded concept. It offers considered insights into the many frameworks, models and ways of approaching change and helps the reader to apply the right approach to each unique situation. This completely revised and fully updated new edition includes new chapters on managing change in tough and uncertain times and the deeper skills of becoming a true agent of change.

Author : Bart Tkaczyk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000260007

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Leading Positive Organizational Change by Bart Tkaczyk Pdf

Although many organizations see the need to transform and to reinvent themselves, for far too many leaders, "change" and "failure" are virtual synonyms. In fact, most organizational change efforts fail. But that needn’t be the case, and help is at hand. Leading Positive Organizational Change, an alternative way to think about organizational change and development, is a strategic, learnable discipline that can re-energize and re-imagine your enterprise, and release the potential for change – delivering a positive, creative future and breakthrough bottom-line results. Written by an award-winning expert in positive organization development and change leadership, this book provides executives, change leaders, and change leadership teams with a step-by-step guide for collaboratively crafting and executing a change strategy that aligns with organizational objectives so as to fuel their future. With a strong science-backed and field-tested "how to" approach, and with a radical focus on organizational positivity, super-flexibility and renewal, collective design thinking and applied imagination, this highly practical book features: A ToolBox of 30 powerful, imaginative (and time-saving!) tools for you to use in practicing leading positive organizational change and carrying through your change program – with example templates and worksheets, concise notes and ideas from numerous complex global projects. Lead-ins to each chapter that are a fundamental feature of the book, representing a springboard to a chapter and serving the purpose of awakening interest in the topic. Dialogic Reflection for Professional Team Development, at the start of each chapter, that enables you (and your team as a whole) to reflect on and discuss some thought-provoking questions, linking to the chapter and helping to contextualize your learning. Industry Snapshots that explore current issues and trends in one of the fastest-growing professions and industries – coaching and consulting. Windows on Practice that demonstrate how issues are applied in real-life business situations, offering a range of interesting topical illustrations of positive change leadership in practice, relating the core concepts of the book to real-world settings. Summary Propositions, at the end of each chapter, that recap and reinforce the key takeaways from the chapter. References to help you take your learning and development further. Tkaczyk’s engaging, reflective, task-based book equips the change leader and leadership teams with the skills needed to navigate chaos and the unexpected, to renew your business and create winning change. This action-based workbook can be used in a variety of business settings, among others, executive leadership team meetings, organization development and change consulting, design-led strategy retreats, human resource development consultancy, executive 1:1 and team coaching, leadership boot camps, design thinking workshops and sprints, innovation labs, and executive education and MBA courses – as a handy additional text in either an organization development and change or human resource management class. It can also be used in a flexible strategic transformation program – with the flow of the change execution process mapped within the context of a specific change initiative.

Author : Sabina Dörner
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783346608178

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Insider or Outsider? The Challenges of In-house Consultants in Organizational Change by Sabina Dörner Pdf

Literature Review from the year 2021 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,3, Maastricht University, language: English, abstract: This literature review investigates the role of in-house consultants as change agents and their challenges in the change process. From this, it derives implications for in-house consultants on how they can effectively manage change in organizations. More and more organizations are using in-house consultants to manage the growing number of internal change initiatives and their increasing complexity. In-house consulting provides several benefits for organizations including enhanced cost efficiency and the development of firm-specific expertise and organizational change capacity. However, due to their organizational membership, in-house consultants face challenges in managing change. They develop an ambiguous identity as both insiders and outsiders, creating organizational boundaries, conflicts, and confusion. Furthermore, their internally generated knowledge lacks experience and external validation. In addition, the client-consultant relationship poses challenges for in-house consultants in terms of objectivity, credibility, and independence. To address these challenges, in-house consultants should engage in identity work, reinforcing either their insider or outsider identity by altering work structures or elements. Moreover, they need to strengthen their credibility and gain support from top management. To this end, in-house consultants can form a coalition that supports their change activities within the company and in front of top management. Another approach to obtain management support is to effectively engage in organizational politics. Leadership support helps in-house consultants to improve employee attitudes toward the change and obtain the resources needed to initiate and implement change. Finally, they need to demonstrate their independence from management or HR to reduce employee skepticism toward change. Consequently, they can convince employees to embrace change and adopt new behaviors and practices. By maintaining operational autonomy and working with external clients, in-house consultants can improve their perception as objective and independent advisors while building their experience and expertise. Overall, organizations should recognize the challenges and obstacles facing their in-house consultants. By supporting them in overcoming these challenges, they empower in-house consultants to successfully manage and implement change. Thus, they can achieve sustainable competitive advantage.