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This volume contains the must reads for a depth of understanding about organization change. Each of book's seventy-five papers included in this volume have launched their own fields of inquiry or practices and are the key readings for any student or practitioner of organization development. The most notable articles on organization development by such luminaries in the field as Bennis, Schein, Tichy, Tushman, Weick, Drucker, Quinn, Beckhard, O'Toole, Bridges, Hamel, Gladwell, and Argyris.

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Organization Change First published in 1961, the original four editions of The Planning of Change , co-edited by Warren Bennis, Kenneth D. Benne, and Robert Chin, provided the best compilations of readings at the time on a comparatively new field. In this updated version, focusing more on planned organization change, W. Warner Burke, Dale G. Lake, and Jill Waymire Paine take the four earlier editions to a new level and provide the most relevant, salient, and time-tested ideas that are considered the gold standard for an in-depth understanding of organization change. Each of the 75 articles included in this extraordinary volume has launched its own field of inquiry or practice and, together, are considered the key readings for any student or practitioner of organization change and development. Organization Change offers a unique collection of writings from the most prominent names in the field. Contributions to this volume include writings by such luminaries as: Billie Alban Chris Argyris Richard Beckhard Michael Beer Warren Bennis William Bridges Barbara Bunker Connie Gersick Larry Greiner Richard Hackman Gary Hamel Rosabeth Moss Kanter Jon Katzenbach Kurt Lewin Gareth Morgan James O'Toole Eric Trist Edgar Schein Don Sch

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Organization Change First published in 1961, the original four editions of The Planning of Change , co-edited by Warren Bennis, Kenneth D. Benne, and Robert Chin, provided the best compilations of readings at the time on a comparatively new field. In this updated version, focusing more on planned organization change, W. Warner Burke, Dale G. Lake, and Jill Waymire Paine take the four earlier editions to a new level and provide the most relevant, salient, and time-tested ideas that are considered the gold standard for an in-depth understanding of organization change. Each of the 75 articles included in this extraordinary volume has launched its own field of inquiry or practice and, together, are considered the key readings for any student or practitioner of organization change and development. Organization Change offers a unique collection of writings from the most prominent names in the field. Contributions to this volume include writings by such luminaries as: Billie Alban Chris Argyris Richard Beckhard Michael Beer Warren Bennis William Bridges Barbara Bunker Connie Gersick Larry Greiner Richard Hackman Gary Hamel Rosabeth Moss Kanter Jon Katzenbach Kurt Lewin Gareth Morgan James O'Toole Eric Trist Edgar Schein Don Sch

Author Biography

The Editors W. Warner Burke is Edward Lee Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dale G. Lake has worked as a consultant to more than fifty organizations including General Electric, Acco, AMOCO , HUD, Master Card International, Citicorp, and Conagra. Jill Waymire Paine teaches organizational psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, and has worked as an organizational development consultant in a variety of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii Preface xv PART ONE ENVIRONMENT AS STIMULUS FOR CHANGE 1
Editors' Interlude 1 The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments 7
F. E. Emery • E. L. Trist (1965) 2 Changing Organizations 21
W. G. Bennis (1966) 3 Survival and Performance in the Era of Discontinuity 35
R. N. Foster • S. Kaplan (2001) 4 Management and the Scientific Renaissance 51
R. Pascale • M. Millemann • L. Gioja (2000) PART TWO THEORIES AND MODELS OF PLANNED ORGANIZATION CHANGE 65
Editors' Interlude 5 Quasi-Stationary Social Equilibria and the Problem of Permanent Change 73
K. Lewin (1947) 6 The Mechanisms of Change 78
E. H. Schein (1964) 7 General Strategies for Effecting Changes in Human Systems 89
R. Chin • K. D. Benne (1967) 8 Toward a Theory of Motive Acquisition website (see p. xii)
D. C. McClelland (1965) 9 Nature Intervenes: Organizations as Organisms website (see p. xii)
G. Morgan (1997) 10 Sociotechnical Systems: Origin of the Concept 118
E. Trist (1981) 11 Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow website (see p. xii)
L. E. Greiner (1998) 12 Revolutionary Change Theories: A Multilevel Exploration of the Punctuated Equilibrium Paradigm 144
C.J.G. Gersick (1991) 13 Organizational Evolution: A Metamorphosis Model of Convergence and Reorientation 174
M. L. Tushman • E. Romanelli (1985) 14 Organizational Change and Development website (see p. xii)
K. E. Weick • R. E. Quinn (1999) 15 Kurt Lewin and the Planned Approach to Change: A Reappraisal 226
B. Burnes (2004) PART THREE DIAGNOSING THE CURRENT STATE 255
Editors' Interlude 16 Understanding Organizations: The Process of Diagnosis 259
W. W. Burke (1992) 17 A Causal Model of Organizational Performance and Change 273
W. W. Burke • G. H. Litwin (1992) 18 An Overview of Organizational Surveys 300
A. I. Kraut (1996) 19 Toward Integrated Organizational Diagnosis 312
A. Howard • Associates (1994) PART FOUR UNDERSTANDING RESISTANCE 331
Editors' Interlude The Nature of Resistance 20 Overcoming Resistance to Change 341
L. Coch • J.R.P. French, Jr. (1965) 21 Resistance to Change 364
G. Watson (1967) 22 A Theory of Psychological Reactance 377
J. W. Brehm (1966) 23 Change Resisted: Thirty-Three Hypotheses Why website (see p. xii)
J. O'Toole (1995) Individual Response to Change 24 Managing Organizational Transitions 393
W. Bridges (1986) 25 The Recipients of Change 404
T. D. Jick (1990) 26 Rethinking Resistance and Recognizing Ambivalence: A Multidimensional View of Attitudes Toward an Organizational Change 418
S. K. Piderit (2000) Group Response to Change 27 A Theory of Group Development 441
W. G. Bennis • H. A. Shepard (1956) 28 The Work of Wilfred Bion on Groups 466
M. J. Rioch (1970) Organization Response to Change 29 Organizational Identity and Learning: A Psychodynamic Perspective 481
A. D. Brown • K. Starkey (2000) 30 The Quest for Resilience 512
G. Hamel • L. Vailikangas (2003) PART FIVE ORGANIZATION CHANGE INTERVENTIONS 533
Editors' Interlude 31 Strategies of Consultation 539
R. R. Blake • J. S. Mouton (1972) Individual-Level Change Interventions 32 Creating Readiness for Organizational Change 569
A. A. Armenakis, S. G. Harris • K. W. Mossholder (1993) 33 Selecting Personnel for a System 4 Organization website (see p. xii)
D. King (1972) 34 Training and Development 590
W. W. Burke (1982) 35 Coaching Leaders in Transition: Lessons from the Field 599
R. Witherspoon • M. D. Cannon (2004) Group-Level Change Interventions 36 Team Building 629
W. W. Burke (1982) 37 What Is Process Consultation? 642
E. Schein (1999) 38 Dilemmas of Managing Participation website (see p. xii)
R. M. Kanter (1983) 39 Understanding and Using Large System Interventions 667
B. B. Bunker • B. T. Alban (2002) Organization-Level Interventions 40 The Change Process: Why Change? 687
R. Beckhard • R. T. Harris (1987) 41 Creating a Climate and Culture for Sustainable Organizational Change website (see p. xii)
B. Schneider, A. P. Brief • R. A. Guzzo (1996) 42 Interorganizational Relations 699
W. W. Burke • N. W. Biggart (1997) PART SIX KEY ROLES IN PLANNED ORGANIZATION CHANGE 733
Editors' Interlude 43 ''All We Like Sheep—'' (Isaiah 53:6): Followers and Leaders website (see p. xii)
M. J. Rioch (1971) 44 Leading Organization Change 737
W. W. Burke (2008) 45 The Psychology of Self-Management in Organizations 762
J. R. Hackman (1986) 46 The Discipline of Teams website (see p. xii)
J. R. Katzenbach • D. K. Smith (1993) PART SEVEN BUILDING KNOWLEDGE OF CHANGE THROUGH ASSESSMENT 809
Editors' Interlude 47 Short- and Long-Range Effects of a Team Development
R. Beckhard • D. G. Lake (1971) Effort 813 48 Measuring Change and Persistence in Human Affairs: Types of Change Generated by OD Designs 834
R. T. Golembiewski. • K. Billingsley • S. Yeager (1976) 49 Explaining Development and Change in Organizations 859
A. H. Van de Ven • M. S. Poole (1995) 50 Organization Change and Development 893
M. Beer • A. E. Walton (1987) 51 A Complex-Systems Approach to Organizations 924
D. J. Svyantek • L. L. Brown (2000) 52 The Evolving Field of Organizational Learning 935
C. Argyris • D. A. Schn (1996) PART EIGHT SOME CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE NEEDS 955
Editors' Interlude Names Index 959 Subject Index 976 Credits 991

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Organization Change First published in 1961, the original four editions of The Planning of Change , co-edited by Warren Bennis, Kenneth D. Benne, and Robert Chin, provided the best compilations of readings at the time on a comparatively new field. In this updated version, focusing more on planned organization change, W. Warner Burke, Dale G. Lake, and Jill Waymire Paine take the four earlier editions to a new level and provide the most relevant, salient, and time-tested ideas that are considered the gold standard for an in-depth understanding of organization change. Each of the 75 articles included in this extraordinary volume has launched its own field of inquiry or practice and, together, are considered the key readings for any student or practitioner of organization change and development. Organization Change offers a unique collection of writings from the most prominent names in the field. Contributions to this volume include writings by such luminaries as: Billie Alban Chris Argyris Richard Beckhard Michael Beer Warren Bennis William Bridges Barbara Bunker Connie Gersick Larry Greiner Richard Hackman Gary Hamel Rosabeth Moss Kanter Jon Katzenbach Kurt Lewin Gareth Morgan James OToole Eric Trist Edgar Schein Don Schn Michael Tushman Karl Weick

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This collection of readings provides a comprehensive overview of the history and current state of change in organizations.

• Includes a foreword by Warren Bennis.
• Contains contributions from the biggest names in organization development and leadership including  Schein, Tichy, Tushman, Burke, Drucker, Weick, Quinn, Beckhard, Hamel, and O'Toole, among others.
• Addresses such topics as organization development, organization behavior, leadership, and organization psychology. In addition, we can target adopters of Burke's textbook on Org Change.
• Includes an Instructor's Guide: on llege

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