Suggested Reading

The books on this reading list have had the greatest impact on our thinking about organizations, managing change, leadership, human resource development, and large-scale change.  We highly recommend them to anyone who comes to this site, or who wants to gain a better insight into how we think about organization change..

Organizations:

"Organizational Diagnosis: A Workbook of Theory and Practice", by Marvin Weisbord, pub. Perseus Books, 1978

"Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture", by Kim S. Cameron and Robert E. Quinn, pub. Addison Wesley, 1999

"Creating Strategic Change:  Designing the Flexible, High-Performing Organization", by William A. Pasmore, pub. John Wiley & Sons, 1994

"Managing New Office Technology", by Calvin H. Pava, pub. Free Press, 1994

"Organization Change and Development:  A Systems View", by Michael Beer, pub. Scott, Foresman, and Co, 1980

Change Leadership:

"Leading Change", by John P. Kotter, pub. Harvard Business School Press, 1996

"Action Management", by Stephen Redwood, Charles Goldwasser, and Simon Street, pub. John Wiley & Sons, 1999