The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives [Hardcover]

Brenda B. Jones (Editor), Michael Brazzel (Editor)

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Publication Date: March 10, 2006 | ISBN-10: 078797773X | ISBN-13: 978-0787977733 | Edition: 1

The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change is an essential tool for both practitioners and students who want to know how to effectively bring about meaningful and sustainable change in organizations. Featuring contributions from leading practitioners, academics, and scholars in the field, each chapter comprehensively explores a key aspect of organization development including core theories and methods, OD in the international and world setting, practical applications, the future of OD, and many others. Co-published with the NTL Institute, a long-time leader and champion for the field, The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change boasts an extensive range of knowledge, experience, and methods integrated by a philosophical system that underscores the vital mission of OD as well as provides expert guidance in the art and science of making organizational development and change work.

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"Exactly what the OD field has been calling for--a compendium of models, processes, theories¾culled from top NTL experts. As a handbook, you can read some, or read all, of these gifts of knowledge. Depending on your level of experience, this book provides either a primer or a learning curve, never before so tangible. Enjoy!"
--Therese Yaeger, associate director, Ph.D. Program in Organization Development, Benedictine University

"I opened this book and could not stop reading it.  The breadth, depth, and quality of this book on OD and change kept me engaged."
--John D. Carter, president, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, OSD Center, Cleveland, Ohio

"The handbook brilliantly captures the forms, functions, and field that is OD from its academic origins through its development as a science and into its most practical applications."
--Lennox E. Joseph, advisor, organizational effectiveness and development, The World Bank

"Founders, pioneers, and co-creators of the future of OD have come together to offer educators, students, and practitioners a very rich, yet easy and enjoyable to read overview of the past, present, and future values, principles, and practice of organizational development and change."
--Nancy Haus, faculty member, Bowling Green State University's Master of Organizational Development program

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The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change is an   essential tool for both practitioners and students who want to know how to effectively bring about meaningful and sustainable change in organizations. Featuring contributions from leading practitioners, academics, and scholars in the field, each chapter comprehensively explores a key aspect of organization development including core theories and methods, OD in the international and world setting, practical applications, the future of OD, and many others. Co-published with the NTL Institute, a long-time leader and champion for the field, The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change boasts an extensive range of knowledge, experience, and methods integrated by a philosophical system that underscores the vital mission of OD as well as provides expert guidance in the art and science of making organizational development and change work.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 576 pages
• Publisher: Pfeiffer; 1 edition (March 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078797773X
• ISBN-13: 978-0787977733
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,820 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb overview of modern Organization Development, March 19, 2006

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Paul M. Cadario "pcadario" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives (Hardcover)

Edited collections at this price point can be a problem. But compared to its competitors, this NTL Handbook is an outstanding volume, written by some of the biggest names in OD for practitioners at all levels. Great value after you get over the sticker shock.

As a skimmed the book I was amazed by the new insights that leapt out at me, by the clear, jargon-free writing (relatively, after all it's a professional book) and by the generous references and citations. History, ethics, techniques, it's all there. While the formatting of tables is sometimes inconvenient (I found myself turning the book sideways more than I should have had to), it's a small price to pay for the comprehensiveness of the treatment.

My only disappointments were the two chapters on large group interventions. One covers the familiar territory the familiar way (refer to the books you already own). The other gives a partial account of the newest, technology-enabled 'town meetings' without grounding the story in the theory of why they work (or should) and how cost-effective they are as OD interventions, as opposed to political rallys. The rest of the book is fresh and new, even of topics that we practitioners think we know like the back of our hand. I marvelled at the new life some chapters breathed into traditional material.

This book from NTL Institute should be in every consultant's library, as a refresher and, more important, as a source of new inspiration as you work with organizations and the people in them.

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, well-supported and enlightening, January 17, 2011

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This review is from: The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives (Kindle Edition)

An exceptional compilation of the fundamental historical and operational elements and iterations of this still-emerging field. Very insightful both for the academic and the practitioner.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Book to Own, September 22, 2008

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This review is from: The NTL Handbook of Organization Development and Change: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives (Hardcover)

This is a must own for any new or seasoned OD professional. I require it in my OD graduate courses. These days, to ask a student to pay this kind of money for a book, that book must be worth it... this one is.