Productive Workplaces: Dignity, Meaning and Community in the 21st Century, 25 Year Anniversary

Productive Workplaces is smart, well-written and well-researched, thoughtful, somewhat provocative, and a one-of-a-kind review of the integration of economics, technology, and people; the work on self as integral to organizational change; the revision of Lewinian concepts for a new era; and the history behind getting everybody improving whole systems as a response to fast change and increasing diversity (not the same as using any particular method). The themes, case studies (many revisited), and models are as relevant as ever.   In Part One, Weisbord takes the reader through the history of Frederick Taylor, Lewin, McGregor, Trist, Emery, and others who contributed to the evolution of the productive workplaces in which many of us are now fortunate enough to dwell. In Part Two, Weisbord translates theory into practice as he describes methods by which the workplace might be transformed. Finally, in Part Three, Weisbord encourages the reader to explore new and evolving theories, thereby continuing the growth and evolution of the field. In this revised edition, the author offers two additions.   In addition to a robust Instructors Material, Billy Alban will write a new Introduction and an additional chapter summarizing the old OD and the new OD, new chapters covering Large Group Methods and Myths of Organization Development, revisits two existing case studies and adds three new Case Studies, and features other new writings by the author. New edition will feature 100 new essays from OD practitioners influenced by PW, specifically how they have applied the principles of the book and what motivated them from the book. The outcome will be a one-of-a-kind snapshot of current OD practices, application as well as testament to the sustained influence and real-world application of PW.