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Fundamentals of Organisation Development

N. Martins & D. Geldenhuys

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Description:Organisation development (OD) had what we might call a ‘short’ history, which began in the 1950s, reached its peak in the 1960s with T-groups (training groups) and the hippy counter-culture, after which it lost its relevance and coherence, and fizzled out in the 1980s (see Bradford & Burke, 2004; Dawson, 1994 and Thrift, 1995 in Chapter 1). In a similar vein, there has been a tendency in recent years to write of ‘classical OD’, based on Lewinian founding principles and approaches, which had its peak of success in the 1960s and has now been superseded by a ‘new OD’, which is based on newer perspectives on organisations, notably social constructionism (see Bushe, 2011; Marshak & Grant, 2008 and Oswick, 2009 in Chapter 1).In much the same way that OD became socialised in the US corporate environment during the early to mid-1960s through several high-profile and large-scale OD initiatives, the South African environment became aware of OD through major OD projects and initiatives in organisations such as Sasol, the South African army, Old Mutual and others. In the 1970s a number of South African universities began to introduce OD as part of their undergraduate and postgraduate courses.One of the gaps in the OD market is the availability of academic books on OD, for undergraduate students, focusing on the South African market with applicable and relevant southern African contents and context.The focus of this book is to address this gap.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fundamentals of Organisation Development. To get started finding Fundamentals of Organisation Development, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Organisation development (OD) had what we might call a ‘short’ history, which began in the 1950s, reached its peak in the 1960s with T-groups (training groups) and the hippy counter-culture, after which it lost its relevance and coherence, and fizzled out in the 1980s (see Bradford & Burke, 2004; Dawson, 1994 and Thrift, 1995 in Chapter 1). In a similar vein, there has been a tendency in recent years to write of ‘classical OD’, based on Lewinian founding principles and approaches, which had its peak of success in the 1960s and has now been superseded by a ‘new OD’, which is based on newer perspectives on organisations, notably social constructionism (see Bushe, 2011; Marshak & Grant, 2008 and Oswick, 2009 in Chapter 1).In much the same way that OD became socialised in the US corporate environment during the early to mid-1960s through several high-profile and large-scale OD initiatives, the South African environment became aware of OD through major OD projects and initiatives in organisations such as Sasol, the South African army, Old Mutual and others. In the 1970s a number of South African universities began to introduce OD as part of their undergraduate and postgraduate courses.One of the gaps in the OD market is the availability of academic books on OD, for undergraduate students, focusing on the South African market with applicable and relevant southern African contents and context.The focus of this book is to address this gap.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fundamentals of Organisation Development. To get started finding Fundamentals of Organisation Development, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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