Organizational Dynamics:
Diagnosis and Intervention

John P. Kotter, Harvard University

1978 0-201-03890-0 99 pp. Softcover

Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

Comprehensive and fully integrated, this book draws together many different concepts, research findings, and competing philosophies into an analytical model of organizational dynamics. This model offers managers and OD specialists a powerful way of diagnosing organizational problems and of better utilizing the diverse and growing number of organizational improvement tools that are available today. The book describes the model in detail and provides specific examples of how managers and specialists can use it to help them answer difficult questions about improving organizational functioning.

Contents

• Introduction
• The Major Conceptual Elements
• System Dynamics in the Short Run
• Moderate Run Dynamics
• Long Run Dynamics
• Some Implications for Organizational Effectiveness
• Using the Model
• Appendix

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