1st Edition

Radical Organisation Development

By Mark Cole Copyright 2020
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Contemporary organisation development (OD) in practice draws on sophisticated theory and tools to advance organisational change, using a range of concepts and techniques including positive psychology, appreciation, and active engagement with the workforce. OD is considered to be humanistic and, as a result, progressive. Mark Cole's original and thought-provoking treatise points at a hole at... Read more

Acknowledgements, Chapter 1 – Introduction, Chapter 2 – A Foucauldian preamble, Chapter 3 – A genealogy of the organisationally developed workplace, Chapter 4 – What does OD achieve? Chapter 5 – Towards a truly radical OD practice, Chapter 6 – And we land, where? Epilogue, Index

Biography

Mark Cole is an OD practitioner with over 30 years' experience working with people and change management in organisations. A published author in both books and journals, he currently works at the NHS London Leadership Academy, where he focuses on organisation and leadership development; systems thinking in the workplace, and supporting meaningful and impactful workforce engagement.