Manual of Organizational Development

A practical guide to the essentials of organisational change which makes complex concepts accessible to managers, consultants, human resources professionals and others. Includes a directory of further sources of information and assistance.

Halina Brunning is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Organizational Consultant and Executive Coach. She has worked in the British and Polish National Health Services as a psychologist, therapist, manager and consultant and published extensively on clinical and organizational issues Her books include 'Executive Coaching: Systems-Psychodynamic Perspective' and 'Psychoanalytic Perspectives on a Turbulent World'. Halina currently works as a freelance coach and consultant and runs her own international coaching practice in Europe. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organisations, OPUS, Association of Coaching and founder member of the Coaching Psychology Forum. Carol Cole MA Hons, M.Sc., PhD, AFBPsS, C.Psychol. is an independent consultant in Organization Development with extensive experience in the United Kingdom and overseas in both the public and private sectors, including the health, oil, and communications industries. Carol has worked as a Change Management Consultant with the National Health Service and as an Organization Consultant with Shell International, for whom she continues to consult. Recent assignments have included the implementation of major cultural changes, structural reorganizations, quality management initiatives, and business process re-engineering. Carol is an Associate of Ashridge Management College and a visiting Fellow at the Office for Public Management. She has a PhD in Behaviour Change and is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist. Clare Huffington is a freelance organizational consultant and executive coach and was, until early 2007, the Director of the Tavistock Consultancy Service in London. She is a clinical psychologist and worked as an educational psychologist, university lecturer, and family therapist before beginning to work with larger systems as an organizational consultant.