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Designing Organizations for High Performance (Prentice Hall Organizational Development Series)
enlarge	Author: David P. Hanna Publisher: FT Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$73.33~~ Buy New: $4.75 as of 9/7/2010 03:15 CDT details You Save: $68.58 (94%) New (20) Used (38) from $0.64 Seller: steven3985 Rating: 3 reviews Media: Paperback Pages: 198 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 ISBN: 0201126931 Dewey Decimal Number: 658.402 EAN: 9780201126938 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description A practical guide to developing higher levels of performance in large organizations through changes in strategy, organization design, and culture. This guide presents detailed descriptions of ways in which individuals intervened in their organizations, how they arrived at their plans, and how it resulted in improved effectiveness and better business results for the organization.

Customer Reviews: A good primer and introduction to concepts in ODD. May 16, 2001 Joseph Lopez (Austin, TX) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful This is not an end all be all book, but it provides very good insight into ODD and design of teams. It is easy to read and containts many relevant concepts that are in practice today. A friend of mine (With a Masters in OD) referred this book to me as not only an introduction for myself into the complexities of ODD but to use with clients in talking about the subject. If your new to the concepts of Org Design or are looking for a book to share with others, this is a very useful (and easy) read. Bringing Practicality to Esoteric OD Practice April 6, 2000 Gautam Ghosh (Bangalore, India) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful The book is written for those managers who would like to develop higher levels of performance in their organisation but aren't sure how to go about it. It addresses both types of people, the manager of a business unit and also organisational consultants who looks for tools to help others manage. The book focusses on how to implement various theories to get better results, and therefore is more of a 'how-to' book rather than being comprehensive in treatment of concepts. The how-tos concern two aspects of design , (1) the rational part, including identifying the desired organisational model, structuring the various design elements to produce the required results, and assessing one's progress at any point of time and (2) the emotional part including educating membersabout organisational alternatives to the bureaucratic model, developing their commitment and support for the model actually chosen , changing habits and practices to fit with the "model system", maintaining commitment "when the going gets tough", and renewing the model when circumstances require it. Disappointed with Amazon October 9, 2009 Vladimir Bosio 0 out of 1 found this review helpful Product itself is good, excelent reference for those who care about organizations. Delivery was very poor, the book got to me damaged and in some pages the writings are not lined up. I claimed that to amazon and got no answer, very disappointed indeed.