This book is based on the premise that OD should be more relevant today than ever before and the observation that, by and large, executives ignore OD or relegate it to the bowels o the organization. This leads us to a crucial and paradoxical question: “If OD is so potentially relevant, why is it often ignored?”
Today change is constant and inevitable (as are death and taxes). If fact, one could argue that producing and managing change is the core task of leaders — and isn’t OD synonymous with change?
With exponentially increasing movement toward knowledge industries, tapping into and fully using human expertise is more important than ever before. Offering approaches that “tap into” member knowledge is a particular strength of OD …