IMD-L-ers, I am passing along this new book announcement FYI.
Wishing you many merry, merrier, and merriest moments during the winter holiday season.
Charles Wankel, IMD-L list director
______________________
From: Information Age Publishing [mailto:iap@infoagepub.net]
Subject: New Book from IAP - Creating Opportunities for Change and Organization Development in Southern Africa
Creating Opportunities for Change and Organization Development in Southern Africa
By: Dalitso Samson Sulamoyo, Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies
* http://infoagepub.com/products/Creating-Opportunities-for-Change-and-Organization-Development-in-Southern-Africa
* Paperback 9781623960315
* Hardcover 9781623960322
* eBook 9781623960339
A volume in the series: Contemporary Trends in Organization Development and Change
Editor(s): Peter F. Sorensen, Benedictine University. Therese F. Yaeger, Benedictine University.
This book takes the position that successful OD applications in cross-cultural settings are predicated on the ability of OD experts to localize them for purposes of suiting local conditions and context. Cultural frameworks have been utilized by global OD experts to understand the general cultural settings of environments in which they are working and applying OD techniques. However, the complexities of culture within organizations, communities and countries may not always be understood within these cultural frameworks and models. Assumptions of culture based or reliant on models alone can impede the successful applications of OD. The author discusses the role of cultural translations of OD techniques within a southern African context. It examines the approach of western consultants in a southern African environment as well as the approach of local southern African consultants as they interact with western developed OD applications in their own local environments.
The book uses three methods for conveying the opportunities and experience of OD in southern Africa: research, practitioner point of view, and storytelling. The author recognizes the works of renowned African scholars in the field of management as well OD practitioners carrying out innovative and pioneering work in southern Africa. Their work may not have had much exposure in the West; however, their contributions to the field of management should be recognized. OD is discussed in this book as an opportunity for change and development for southern African countries that are in democratic transitions, post conflict environments and on a path of development. The future of OD is explored within the context of economical, global and political emerging issues. The time is right for change and development in southern Africa with OD as the driving force.
CONTENTS: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Understanding OD. 2 Underlying Assumptions and Values of Southern African Culture. 3 The Practice of OD and Africanism. 4 Cultural Models. 5 Meta-Analysis of OD Case Studies from Malawi. 6 The Future of OD in Southern Africa. Appendix: Literature Review on Organization Development Studies. from Malawi and South Africa. About the Author.