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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.

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

        Rinehart, and Winston.

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

        Associates, Boston, MA.

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

       Oaks, CA.

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

        Publishing, Reading, MA.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

          Vivo! Publishing.

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

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

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

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

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

          Row.

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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

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

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

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

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

          Perspectives. Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

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

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

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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.

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

          MA.

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