Gervase R. Bushe - Dialogic Organization Development: The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change

More Praise for Dialogic Organization Development

This timely new book promises to further energize and advance the field of OD during a time when we need all the help we can get in terms of designing and effectively managing complex organizations. This volume represents a significant contribution to the literature of the field.

Richard W. Woodman, Texas A&M University, and former editor of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

In this outstanding collection, one gets a clear sense that dialogic is bringing OD into the new, contemporary contexts, so real today and so different from the contexts in which foundational OD was developed.

David W. Jamieson, University of St. Thomas, and co-editor of Consultation for Organizational Change

Dialogic Organization Development moves beyond the stability-biased assumptions of social science and allows us to feel, see, think, and act in new ways. It is a key contribution.

Robert E. Quinn, University of Michigan, and author of Deep Change and Change the World

This is an exciting and much-needed book! Bushe and Marshak with the help of a global team of scholar-practitioners have brought us a comprehensive discussion that pulls together the latest thinking and practices shaping the field of Organization Development. This is a book you will return to many times!

Mee-Yan Cheung-Judge, Director, Quality & Equality Ltd., UK, and coauthor of Organization Development

Dialogic Organization Development will prove to be a milestone in the evolution of Organization Development. This volume provides both an essential orientation and pragmatic advice for employing an arsenal of impactful techniques.

Loizos Heracleous, Warwick Business School and Oxford University

Dialogic Organization Development provides a must-have guidebook for organizations wishing to constructively and sustainably embed themselves in emerging economies that are in the throes of radical transformation.

Theo H. Veldsman, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Dialogic Organization Development is a truly pioneering work that puts the focus back on the heart of ODthe spirit of inquiry. Instead of change driven by diagnosing how to align organizational elements with the demands of the broader environment, Dialogic OD concerns itself with how to induce new ways of thinking by engaging with the organizational conversations that create and frame understanding and action.

S. Ramnarayan, Indian School of Business, and coauthor of Change Management

This is a perfect book for consultants or corporate executives who not only want to innovate and be more effective in Organization Development but want to know and better understand why and how human dynamics are so relevant.

Anna Simioni, Leadership and Change Practice Leader, Boston Consulting Group, Italy, Greece, and Turkey

This exciting and comprehensive book is the first and only book to deeply and fully describe the origins, root assumptions, and key practices of Dialogic OD and is a source of many new ideas and insights about organizational consulting and change.

Kazuhiko Nakamura, Nanzan University, Japan

OD is in the midst of its own transformation. Dialogic Organization Development, with its A-list of authors and contributors, is the much-needed book that puts the stake in the ground upon which that transformed future will be built.

Ian Palmer, RMIT University, Australia

Gervase Bushe and Bob Marshak offer a comprehensive approach to organizational change that reinvigorates our conversation about OD and helps us reimagine the theories and approaches that inform our consulting practices. This is a valuable resource for both graduate OD courses and OD practitioners.

John Vogelsang, Editor in Chief, OD Practitioner

Dialogic Organization Development brings a much-needed focus on the less rational and mechanistic processes that honor the emergence of new meaning, new thinking, and new understanding of the systems we work and live in. This unusually well-integrated anthology will certainly disrupt the status quo of prevailing contemporary OD practices.

John D. Adams, Saybrook University, and author of Transforming Work

Dialogic Organization Development closes a painful gap in the scientific community and among practitioners. It will certainly be a valuable contribution to important research in the field of applied sciences. I hope this new volume, with its rich variety of contributions, will find a broad reception, especially in Europe.

Rudolf Wimmer, Universitt Witten/Herdecke, Germany

Dialogic Organization Development brings together an impressive international group of scholars and practitioners to clarify the conceptual foundations and provide practical illustrations of what OD may be in a contemporary context. In a Scandinavian context, Dialogic OD resonates with a long, social-constructionist and interpretive tradition in organization theory.

Andreas Werr, Stockholm School of Economics

Dialogic
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The Theory and Practice of Transformational Change

Gervase R. Bushe and Robert J. Marshak,
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Dialogic Organization Development

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