Synopses & Reviews
Take a crash course in one of today's most important business skills--organizational development!
Change comes fast, and the most successful organizations are prepared to handle it before impact; they act, not react. How are they able to do this? With a solid grounding in organizational development.
The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Organizational Development is a skill-building guide to one of the most important functions in business today. In no time, you'll be able to recognize patterns of organizational behavior that are detrimental to your organization, and you'll have the skills to envision and drive the type of change your company needs. Concise, engaging, and filled with quizzes to help you reinforce lessons learned, this crash course offers the knowledge you need to:
- Address problems with your companys culture
- Hire the best people for your needs
- Set goals and move your team to action
- Motivate your people to envision change
- Institute meaningful change in how your company functions
Change can be your company's best friend. You just have to manage it with skill. The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Organizational Development puts you on the fast track to face todays, not yesterday's, challenges.
Synopsis
A complete course in organizational developmentwithout the tuition! The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Organizational Development has everything you need to make your company or organization as efficient as it can be. This easy, self-paced “course” demystifies the concepts and skills you need to master your job! It includes:
- Expert guidance on organizational development
- Chapter-ending self-tests
- Final exams that reinforce what you learned
Partial Table of Contents
- Culture: Not Just for Yogurt Anymore
- The Science, and Art, of Goal Setting to Define the Business
- Making People Care Before you Start: The High Performance Cycle (HPC) of Business
- Building the Foundation: Who, and How, Do You Hire?
- The Motivation Trap
- Post-Heroic Teams
- The Role of Emotions in Leadership
- The Gentle Art of Management Jujitsu: Negotiation, Problem Solving, and Decision-Making Techniques
- Mistakes: The Foundation of Innovation
- Putting it all together: Scheduling Success
About the Author
Author Profile Stephen R. Balzac (Stow, MA), "The Business Sensei," is a professional speaker and consultant. He is the president of 7 Steps Ahead, LLC (www.7stepsahead.com), a consulting firm specializing in helping businesses to increase revenue and build their client base through improving individual, team, and organizational performance.
He is a popular speaker on topics ranging from leadership, motivation, team building, and interviewing skills, and he has guest lectured at MIT and WPI. His articles have appeared in a number of journals, and he is a contributing author to Ethics and Game Design: Teaching Values Through Play. He is a frequent guest on radio shows including "Motivational Minds" and "Leadership Radio,"and is frequently quoted in a variety of publications.
Balzac serves on the board of the New England Society of Applied Psychology (NESAP) and is the president of the Society of Professional Consultants (SPC). He has bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science and engineering from MIT, and a master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Capella University. He is an adjunct professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Management at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. Check out his blog at http://blog.7stepsahead.com.