Organization Development ─ Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement

New edition of a standard text first published in 1973, providing a concise exposition of theory, practice, and research related to making organizations and the individuals within the organization work better. Arrangement of material is in four main sections giving an overview of OD and its changing context, description of interventions and their importance to teams and intergroup and interpersonal relationships, issues in consulting, and research and the future of OD, including a community's relationship to OD. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Wendell French, PhD Harvard University, is a retired professor of management and organization from the University of Washington. His fields of specialty are organizational development and human resource management, including team building, inter-group team building, and human resource policies. His consulting work focuses on participative approaches to organizational improvement, assessment of HRM programs, and management and supervisory development. He is the author of several books and has contributed to numerous business and professional journals.