Enacting Values-Based Change

This edited volume highlights the use and practice of values in Organization Development (OD). It addresses how those values have changed over time, how they are expressed in OD's approach to consulting, the process of making value-based decisions, and how to deal with value dilemmas and value conflicts. OD scholars and practitioners will learn about the balance of values in practice, particularly as the business outcomes may overtake positive humanistic concerns given intense pressures to enhance organizational productivity year over year.

This edited volume highlights the use and practice of values in Organization Development (OD). It addresses how those values have changed over time, how they are expressed in OD's approach to consulting, the process of making value-based decisions, and how to deal with value dilemmas and value conflicts. OD scholars and practitioners will learn about the balance of values in practice, particularly as the business outcomes may overtake positive humanistic concerns given intense pressures to enhance organizational productivity year over year.

1: Enacting Values-Based Change: Organization Development in Action 2: Deconstructing OD: A Closer Look at the Emergence of OD Values and Their Impact on the Field.- Section 1 OD Values in Practice.- 3: A Look in the Mirror: Current Research Findings on the Values and Practice of OD.- 4: Tell Me a Story: Exploring Values in Practice in the Field of OD.- 5: What is Happening with Values in Organization Development?.- 6: Valuing Both the Journey and the Destination in Organization Development.- Section 2 Organizational Change.- 7: Values in the Application of OD to Mergers and Acquisitions.- 8: Organization Development and Talent Management: Beyond the Triple Bottom Line.- 9: An Integrative Framework for Responsible Leadership Practice.-10: Playing the Long Game in a Short-term World: Consequences and Strategies for Racial Justice Work.- Section 3 Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Change.- 11: Incorporating Diversity and Inclusion as Core Values in Organization Development Practice.- 12: Practicing OD for Social Justice.- Making Value Based Decisions and Dealing with Value Dilemma and Conflict While Working on OD In a Global Context.- 13: Making Value Based Decisions and Dealing with Value Dilemma and Conflict While Working on OD In a Global Context.- Section 4 Values Conflicts. - 14: Organization Development in Action: Values-Based Coaching.- 15: Organization Development and Talent Management: Divergent Sides of the Same Values Equation.