This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to dialogic organization development with chapters by a global team of leading scholar-practitioners addressing both theoretical foundations and specific practices.
Front Cover.
Other Frontmatter.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Foreword: Dialogic Organization Development: Past, Present, and Future.
Introduction and Overview.
1: Introduction to the Dialogic Organization Development Mindset.
2: Introduction to the Practice of Dialogic OD.
Theoretical Bases of Dialogic Organization Development.
3: Social Constructionist Challenge to Representational Knowledge: Implications for Understanding Organization Change.
4: Discourse and Dialogic Organization Development.
5: Generative Image: Sourcing Novelty.
6: Complexity, Self-Organization, and Emergence.
7: Understanding Organizations as Complex Responsive Processes of Relating.
8: Consulting as Collaborative Co-Inquiry.
Practices of Dialogic Organization Development.
9: Enabling Change: The Skills of Dialogic OD.
10: Entering, Readiness, and Contracting for Dialogic Organization Development.
11: Transformative Learning during Dialogic OD.
12: Framing Inquiry: The Art of Engaging Great Questions.
13: Hosting and Holding Containers.
14: From Them to Us: Working with Multiple Constituents in Dialogic OD.
15: Amplifying Change: A Three-Phase Approach to Model, Nurture, and Embed Ideas for Change.
