Best Practices in Organizational Development and Change

Learn from experts at the world's top organizations!Best Practices in Organization Development and Change is a state-of-the-art resource that presents the most important ideas and effective strategies from experts and top companies in the field. Comprehensive in scope, the book addresses the five most important organization development or human resource development (OD/HRD) topics--organization development and change, leadership development, recruitment and retention, performance management, and coaching and mentoring--and offers a practical framework for design, implementation, and evaluation. It includes best-practice case studies from seventeen leading organizations that have achieved their change objectives. The case studies will help you: Analyze the need for the specific OD/HRD initiativeBuild a solid business case for OD/HRDIdentify the audience for the initiativeDesign an effective OD/HRD initiativeImplement a successful design of the initiativeEvaluate the effectiveness of the initiativeYou'll benefit from expertise at trend-setting companies such as: Kraft FoodsSmithkline BeechamWestinghouseSun Microsystems . . . and many more!"An extremely important volume with useful contextual perspectives plus vivid and important case studies of companies that know what they're doing to lead change."--Warren Bennis, author, On Becoming a Leader and Organizing Genius