Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of organizational development and change -- Concept of organization culture -- Organization culture and organization effectiveness -- Professional ethics -- Change agent roles and skills -- Entering and contracting -- Diagnosing the organization culture -- Diagnosing groups and jobs -- Collecting and analyzing diagnostic information -- Feeding back diagnostic information -- Mission/vision/values/culture : defining who you are -- Objectively understanding your corporate culture -- Aligning the organization and culture -- The nature of planned change -- Designing interventions -- Types of organizational changes/interventions : human process interventions -- Types of organizational changes/interventions : technostructural interventions -- Types of organizational changes/interventions : human resource management interventions -- Types of organizational changes/interventions : strategic change interventions -- Orchestrating the transformation -- Leading and managing change -- Guiding employees through change -- Strategies for transforming negative work cultures -- Evaluating the change/transformation -- Organizational development and change in global settings -- Organizational development and change in the public sector -- Organizational development and change in family-owned businesses -- Organizational development and change in small businesses -- Examples of successful organization culture transformation -- Examples of failed organization culture transformations.

This series centers on the specific projects, tasks, and activities in which businesspeople currently engage. This volume focuses on the topic of organizational change and corporate culture.

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