Organization development in the largest global organization : the history of OD in the U.S. military

• Main Author: Reinhard, Robert L. (Author)
• Other Authors: Sorensen, Peter F. (Editor), Yaeger, Therese F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2022]
• Series: Contemporary trends in organization development and change.
• Subjects: United States. > Department of Defense > Management.; United States. > Department of Defense > Organization.; Organizational change > United States.; United States > Armed Forces > Management.; United States > Armed Forces > Organization.; Business & Economics > Organizational Development.; Military administration.; Organizational theory and behaviour.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806603695
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-64802-729-1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : illustrations

"The U.S. military, as the core constituent of the Department of Defense, collectively represents the largest and most complex organization on earth. As such, the U.S. military implemented the largest formal OD programs in the world. These programs, from inception to present day, utilized diver...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Peter F. Sorensen and Therese F. Yaeger
• Chapter 1
• Introduction
• Chapter 2. Od and the organization
• Chapter 3. The u.s. Military organization
• Chapter 5. Organization design
• Chapter 6. The u.s. Military from an organization design perspective
• Chapter 8. Societal and u.s. Military culture
• Chapter 10. Od interventions
• Chapter 11. Conceptual framework
• Chapter 12. A posteriori literature review
• Chapter 13. Epoch one, traditional od and human process interventions
• Chapter 14. Epoch two, tqm and technostructural interventions
• Chapter 15. Epoch three, cpi and technostructural interventions
• Chapter 16. Analysis of findings
• Chapter 17. Conclusions.