Strategy and Business 2012 Organizational Culture Book of the Year

This third edition of the classic resource, 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. It covers such topics as: 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.

The Author

Marvin R. Weisbord is an internationally-known consultant, writer, and teacher. He co-founded the Future Search Network to involve volunteers worldwide in building collaborative planning networks in every sector of society. He is the author of classic titles—Organizational Diagnosis and Discovering Common Ground—and co-author (with Sandra Janoff) of Future Search and Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! He has been a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, a visiting research scientist at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, an elected fellow of the World Academy of Productivity Science, and a resource faculty member in Seattle University's Organization Systems Renewal Master's program.