Organization Development

Julie Hodges is a Professor and Associate Dean at Durham University Business School. Julie is a leading expert on change in organizations, particularly the role and impact of people during transformations. Before entering the academic world Julie worked as a business consultant for over 20 years in several profit and non-profit organizations, including PwC. At PwC Julie was responsible for organizational change and management development in a number of companies include Barclays, Shell, BBC, Lloyds, Reuters. Julie has also worked with Vertex where she set up and led a commercial consultancy team. Her first role was with the British Council where she was the Development Consultancy for East Asia.

• Part 1: Context and TheoryIntroduction1. Organizational Development in Focus-Role, Ethics and Values2. The Theoretical Perspectives of ODPart 2: The Organizational Development Engagement Cycle3. Initial Meeting and Contracting4. Investigation-Discovering What Needs to Change5. Analysis and Feedback6. Interventions-Generating Solutions7. Designing for Change8. Implementing OD Interventions9. Evaluating, Embedding and Exiting OD InterventionsPart 3: Engaging People in Organizational Development10. The Co-Production of OD Interventions11. Global OD and DiversityPart 4: Organizational Development Capabilities12. Career Paths and Capabilities.

When Julie Hodges writes that organization development “is more important than ever”, she’s absolutely right. This is the right book at the right time. Convincingly integrating theory and practice, it offers a useful account for researchers and practitioners who want to engage thoroughly with the OD.