Experiential Approach to Organization Development (8^th Ed.) Pearson New International Edition

For courses in Organisation Development, Organisational Behavior and Organisational Change.
A conceptual and experiential approach to understanding organisational development.
With a focus on the development of students? interpersonal skills,Experiential Approach to Organization Development provides a comprehensive, realistic, innovative, and practical introduction to the field.
The 8th edition presents new and revised information to help keep course material fresh and relevant.

• Part 1: ANTICIPATING CHANGE
• Chapter 1. Organizational Development and Reinventing the Organization
• Chapter 2. Organization Renewal: The Challenge of Change
• Chapter 3. Changing the Culture
• Part 2: UNDERSTANDING THE OD PROCESS
• Chapter 4. The Diagnostic Process
• Chapter 5. Overcoming Resistance to Change
• Part 3 IMPROVING EXCELLENCE IN INDIVIDUALS
• Chapter 6. OD Intervention Strategies
• Chapter 7. Process Intervention Skills
• Chapter 8. Employee Empowerment and Interpersonal Interventions
• Part 4: DEVELOPING HIGH PERFORMANCE IN TEAMS
• Chapter 9. Team Development Interventions
• Chapter 10. Intergroup Development
• Chapter 11. Work Team Development
• Chapter 12. Goal Setting for Effective Organizations
• Part 5: BUILDING SUCCESS IN ORGANIZATIONS
• Chapter 13. High-Performing Systems and the Learning Organization
• Chapter 14. Organization Transformation and Strategic Change
• Chapter 15. The Challenge and the Future for Organizations

Get students involved in the learning process: An experiential approach. This text motivates students to take an active role in learning organisation development (OD) by encouraging them to get involved in what to do, and how to do it. Brown effectively caters to this experiential approach by presenting material that adheres to three basic concepts:

1. Students learn best when involved in the learning experience.
2. As a “Learner,” students have to experience or discover concepts, if they are to change behavior.
3. A students’ commitment to learning increases when they are responsible for setting their own learning objectives.
   

• Chapter objectives are provided in each chapter, where they present a brief list of learning goals to help students prepare for the reading.
• A pre-class preparation feature appears on the first page of a chapter and lists exactly what students need to do to prepare for class.
• New illustrations, including figures and tables, have been added throughout the chapter, highlighting key concepts, theories, and applications with strong visual materials.
• OD applications provide information about how large organisations, such as Google and P&G, and smaller less well-known organisations, like Setpoint Systems and the Chugach School District, are applying the OD concepts or interventions discussed in the chapter.
• Current examples of business practices appear throughout the text.
• Summaries. Each chapter concludes with a summary that wraps up the main points and concepts.
• Review questions cover the main chapter points and provide students with an