Finding Your Way in the Consulting Jungle - A Guidebook for Organization Development Practitioners

This text transports the reader from the safety of the classroom into the complex, unpredictable and often hazardous world that it describes as "the consultant jungle". This is a resource for graduate-level programmes, consultant training courses and corporate managers who hire consultants.

List of contents

Contacts with Potential Client Systems.

Does the Organization Need a Consultant

Types of Consultants.

Consulting Philosophy.

Consulting Competence.

The Selection Interview.

Consulting Proposals and Contracts.

Management of Change.

Consultant Ethics.

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"Transports the reader from the safety of the classroom into the complex, unpredictable and often hazardous world that they describe as the consultant jungle. It is a great resource for graduate level OD programs, consultant training courses, AND corporate managers who hire consultants." (C. Patrick Fleenor, Ph.D., director, International Business Programs, Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University)

"I have been waiting for years for someone to write a book that covers the art of OD consulting form A to Z, and it has finally happened! It is valuable reading for consultants of all types. . .and a must read for OD consultants, regardless of their level of experience." (Don Van Eynde, professor of management, Trinity University; past editor, OD Practitioner)

Product details

• Authors: Richard Beckhard, Arthur Freedman, Arthur M. Freedman, Arthur Zackrison Freedman, Richard Zackrison, Richard E Zackrison, Richard E. Zackrison
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2001
• EAN: 9780787953003
• ISBN: 978-0-7879-5300-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: J-B O-D (Organizational Develo; J-B O-D (Organizational Development); J-B The Practicing Organization Development Series; J-B O-D (Organizational Develo
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration