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  • 1.  OD text

    Posted 08-25-2006 11:25
    Greetings Colleagues: Can anyone recommend an interesting OD text or a book for a course that is focused on diversity/culture/change.
    Thanks in advance.
     
    Bonnie Garson PhD
    Associate Professor
    Reinhardt College
    Waleska, GA

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  • 2.  OD text

    Posted 08-25-2006 14:05
    Bonnie, I have found Marilyn Loden's text, Implementing diversity, to be especially good.  When teaching change in the organization, I often use her Diversity Adoption Curve, based on extensive behavioral science research, as a model.
     
    If not selected as the lead text, it is, from my experience, a good supplemental text.
     
    Good luck!
     
    Karl Strandberg


  • 3.  OD text

    Posted 11-03-2017 15:24

    Dear Colleagues,

    I will be teaching a graduate (masters level) course this spring. I am reaching out to you regarding a textbook recommendation and possible activities and cases.

    If anyone has any suggestions for a good textbook on this subject as well as activities, exercises and cases it would be much appreciated.

     

    Thank you

    Abere


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    Abere A. Kassa, Ph.D. 
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Business Administration
    State University of New York at Potsdam
    44 Pierrepont Ave, 205 Dunn Hall
    Potsdam, NY 13676
    E-mail: kassaaa@potsdam.edu
    Tel: (315) 267-2995
     =============================


  • 4.  OD text

    Posted 11-03-2017 17:09

    I use Donald Anderson's Organization Development The Process of Leading Organizational Change - and like it a lot.  There's also a case and exercise book which goes along with it.


    Best of luck with your course!

    Liz Welsh

    University of St. Thomas

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv <OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG> on behalf of Abere Kassa <aberet@GMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 2:23:51 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG
    Subject: [OB-LIST] OD text
     

    Dear Colleagues,

    I will be teaching a graduate (masters level) course this spring. I am reaching out to you regarding a textbook recommendation and possible activities and cases.

    If anyone has any suggestions for a good textbook on this subject as well as activities, exercises and cases it would be much appreciated.

     

    Thank you

    Abere


    =============================
    Abere A. Kassa, Ph.D. 
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Business Administration
    State University of New York at Potsdam
    44 Pierrepont Ave, 205 Dunn Hall
    Potsdam, NY 13676
    E-mail: kassaaa@potsdam.edu
    Tel: (315) 267-2995
     =============================


  • 5.  OD text

    Posted 11-03-2017 18:12
    Try Warner Burke's Organizational Change book. 
    Roy

    Sent from my iPad

    On Nov 3, 2017, at 5:29 PM, Welsh, Elizabeth T. <wels2749@STTHOMAS.EDU> wrote:

    I use Donald Anderson's Organization Development The Process of Leading Organizational Change - and like it a lot.  There's also a case and exercise book which goes along with it.


    Best of luck with your course!

    Liz Welsh

    University of St. Thomas

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv <OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG> on behalf of Abere Kassa <aberet@GMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 2:23:51 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG
    Subject: [OB-LIST] OD text
     

    Dear Colleagues,

    I will be teaching a graduate (masters level) course this spring. I am reaching out to you regarding a textbook recommendation and possible activities and cases.

    If anyone has any suggestions for a good textbook on this subject as well as activities, exercises and cases it would be much appreciated.

     

    Thank you

    Abere


    =============================
    Abere A. Kassa, Ph.D. 
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Business Administration
    State University of New York at Potsdam
    44 Pierrepont Ave, 205 Dunn Hall
    Potsdam, NY 13676
    E-mail: kassaaa@potsdam.edu
    Tel: (315) 267-2995
     =============================


  • 6.  OD text

    Posted 11-06-2017 13:30
    Hello, Abere and All -

    Here are a few other texts for your consideration, Abere.


    W. J. Rothwell, J. M. Stavros & R. Sullivan (Eds.), Practicing organization development:  Leading transformation and change . Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
    - Has an instructor site that provides ideas for courses based on the various chapters as well as additional online resources.


    Jones, R. K., & Brazzel, M. (Eds.). (2014). The NTL handbook of organization development and change (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Wiley.
    - chapters written primarily by individuals who are members of the National Training Laboratory (NTL).


    Cummings, T. G. (Ed.). (2008). Handbook of organization development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
    - This one is a little older but has chapters by authors not found elsewhere.


    Gallos, J. V. (Ed.). (2006). Organization development: A Jossey-Bass Reader. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
    - Same as Cummings text - a bit older but some material by authors not found elsewhere.


    Hope these are helpful.

    Best wishes,

    Julie


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    Julie Smendzuik-O'Brien, PhD

    Membership Engagement Coordinator
    Academy of Management - Organization Development and Change Division


    Sustainability Through Organization Development and Change (c)
    Skype: jsmendzuik
    Mobile: +01.651.341.6424


       


    On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Lewicki, Roy <lewicki.1@osu.edu> wrote:
    Try Warner Burke's Organizational Change book. 
    Roy

    Sent from my iPad

    On Nov 3, 2017, at 5:29 PM, Welsh, Elizabeth T. <wels2749@STTHOMAS.EDU> wrote:

    I use Donald Anderson's Organization Development The Process of Leading Organizational Change - and like it a lot.  There's also a case and exercise book which goes along with it.


    Best of luck with your course!

    Liz Welsh

    University of St. Thomas

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv <OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG> on behalf of Abere Kassa <aberet@GMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 2:23:51 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG
    Subject: [OB-LIST] OD text
     

    Dear Colleagues,

    I will be teaching a graduate (masters level) course this spring. I am reaching out to you regarding a textbook recommendation and possible activities and cases.

    If anyone has any suggestions for a good textbook on this subject as well as activities, exercises and cases it would be much appreciated.

     

    Thank you

    Abere


    =============================
    Abere A. Kassa, Ph.D. 
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Business Administration
    State University of New York at Potsdam
    44 Pierrepont Ave, 205 Dunn Hall
    Potsdam, NY 13676
     =============================



  • 7.  OD text

    Posted 11-03-2017 18:58
    We use Anderson's text in our 400 level Leading Sustainable Change course and also assign Kotter's Leading Change. We introduce Kotter's change process through Our Iceberg is Melting, work through Anderson's text with a lot of supplemental information from Cumming's and Worley's text, and then read Leading Change. Our students work in teams on a semester-long change project with an external client. We find the Kotter discussions really provide insight into the challenges the organizations are facing during the initial phases of implementation.

    I wish you the best with your course. 

    Paul
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    On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Welsh, Elizabeth T. <wels2749@stthomas.edu> wrote:

    I use Donald Anderson's Organization Development The Process of Leading Organizational Change - and like it a lot.  There's also a case and exercise book which goes along with it.


    Best of luck with your course!

    Liz Welsh

    University of St. Thomas

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv <OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG> on behalf of Abere Kassa <aberet@GMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 2:23:51 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.AOM.ORG
    Subject: [OB-LIST] OD text
     

    Dear Colleagues,

    I will be teaching a graduate (masters level) course this spring. I am reaching out to you regarding a textbook recommendation and possible activities and cases.

    If anyone has any suggestions for a good textbook on this subject as well as activities, exercises and cases it would be much appreciated.

     

    Thank you

    Abere


    =============================
    Abere A. Kassa, Ph.D. 
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Business Administration
    State University of New York at Potsdam
    44 Pierrepont Ave, 205 Dunn Hall
    Potsdam, NY 13676
     =============================