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Books

The following list of books are ones that I would recommend. I also have an additional book review section with a brief summary of books that may help in your selection. Go to: Polymatheia

Anderson, D.L. (2010). Organization Development: The Process of Leading OrganizationaChange. Sage               Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Bennis, W.G., K. Benne, and R. Chin (1961). The Planning of Change. New York, NY: Holt,

        Rinehart, and Winston.

Bridges, W. and Bridges, S. (2016). Managing Transtions: Making the Most of Change William Bridges

        Associates, Boston, MA.

Burke, W.B. (2002). Organization Change: Theory and Practice. Sage Publications, Thousand

       Oaks, CA.

Burke, W.B. (1992).  Organization Development: A Process of Learning and ChangingAddison-Wesley

        Publishing, Reading, MA.

Carter, L., Girber, D., Goldsmith, M. (2001). Best Practices in Organization Development and

       Change: Culture-Leadership-Retention-Coaching, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.

Carnevale, D.G. (2003). Organizational Development in the Public Sector. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.

Carson, R.H. (2015) The Book of Change, New Meridian Press, Portland, OR.

Colquitt, J.A., LePine, J.A., Wesson, M.J. (2015). Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and

          Commitment in the Workplace. McGraw-Hill Education, New York, NY.

Crosby, R.P. (2011). Cultural Change in Organizations: A Guide to Leadership and Bottom-line Results. 

          Vivo! Publishing.

Cummings, T.G. and Worley, C.G. (2005). Organization Development and Change, Thomas South-Western,           Mason, OH.

Eckes, G. (2003). Six Sigma for Everyone. John Wiley & Sons, Hobken, NJ.

French, W.L. and Bell Jr., C.B. (1999). Organization Development: Behavioral Science Innovations for

           Organization Improvement. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Harvard Business Review Editors (1975). On Change Management. ​Harper & Row, New York, NY: Harper &

          Row.

Head, T.C., Sorenson, P.F., et al (2007). Organization Behavior and Change: Managing Human

          Resources for Organizational Effectiveness (14th ed.). Champaign, IL. Stipes Publishing

Hiatt, J.M., Creasey, T.J. (2012) Change Management: The People Side of Change. PROSCI, Loveland, CO.

Kotter, J.P. (2012). Leading Change, Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, MA.

Machiavelli, N. (1532). The Prince. Fall River Press, New York, NY.

Scott, R.S. and Davis, G.F. (2007). Organizations and Organizing: Rational, Natural, and Open System

          Perspectives. Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Tzu, S. (5th Century B.C.). The Art of War. Fall River Press, New York, NY.

Taleb, N.N. (2007). The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Random House, New York, NY.

Van Eynde, J.H., Hoy, J.C., Van Eynde, D.C. (1997). Organization Development Classics. The Practice and

          Theory of Change. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.

HBR'S 10 MUST READS: On Change Management, Harvard Business School Publishing Co., 2011, Boston:

          MA.

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