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

In a landscape cluttered with would–be consultants who lack the requisite competencies to deliver organization development services effectively, how does a true professional stand out from the crowd? Finding Your Way in the Consulting Jungle–the latest book in the Practicing Organization Development series–offers OD consultants the information and guidance they need to understand their place in the consulting network, differentiate themselves from other types of consultants, and work with both clients and colleagues to make sure everyone′s needs and expectations are met.

Spis treści:
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.

Nota biograficzna:
ARTHUR M. FREEDMAN is director of OD and HRM masters degree programs at American University′s School of Public Affairs. He is a past recipient of the American Psychological Association′s RHR International Award for Excellence in Consulting Psychology and the past president of the Society of Psychologist in Management. RICHARD E. ZACKRISON is the founder of Effectiveness Consulting International, and the primary designer and senior trainer for the organization′s consultant training program. In 1999 his work with Zimbabwe′s National Breweries earned him the OD Institute′s award for Distinguished OD Application Worldwide.

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In a landscape cluttered with would–be consultants who lack the requisite competencies to deliver organization development services effectively, how does a true professional stand out from the crowd? Finding Your Way in the Consulting Jungle–the latest book in the Practicing Organization Development series–offers OD consultants the infor mation and guidance they need to understand their place in the consulting network, differentiate themselves from other types of consultants, and work with both clients and colleagues to make sure everyone′s needs and expectations are met.