Research in Organizational Change and Development

by Pasmore, William A.; Woodman, Richard W.

• ISBN13: 9781559380768
• ISBN10: 1559380764
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1990-09-01
• Publisher: Jai

Summary

Ideas which are comfortable and familiar are not likely to challenge or transform our thinking. As human beings, our need to reduce cognitive dissonance causes us to seek the familiar and reject the unfamiliar, often without careful reflection. Scholars must overcome such natural tendencies in order to look beyond the reaches of well accepted doctrine, exploring less-understood and less-accepted explanations of the way things are, and consider instead the possibilities that alternative futures could hold.Collectively the chapters that make up volume 12 are a statement of the vibrancy and ever changing nature of the field of organizational change and development.

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Preface

Conversations and the epidemiology of change

Organizational development as facilitating the surfacing and modification of social rules

Collaboration and allegory: extending the metaphor of organizational culture in the context of interorganizational change

Making change permanent: a model for institutionalizing change interventions

TQM and organizational change: a longitudinal study of the impact of a TQM intervention on work attitudes

Implementing effective cross-functional teams: a multilevel framework for analysis

Collaborative organizing: an "ideal type" for a new paradigm

The relational healing dimension of organizational development: transformative stories and dialogue in life-cycle transitions

The professionalization of organization development: a status report and look to the future

About the contributors

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