An Experiential Approach to Organization Development or Drugs

An Experiential Approach to Organization Development

Author: Donald R Brown

In this new sixth edition of their successful book, Don Harvey and Don Brown give you an integrated and comprehensive view of the field of organization development. Whether you are an introductory student, a novice in the field, or a practicing manager, these authors make it simple to understand and utilize the newest approaches, concepts, and techniques.

User-friendly, practical, and realistic, An Experiential Approach to Organization Development, Sixth Edition, presents both conceptual and experiential approaches as it focuses on the real world of organization development. Exciting examples and innovative applications show you how OD is applied in today's organizations, and what it takes to manage in a changing world.

In addition, you'll find

• The most up-to-date coverage of important topics, such as: the learning organization, managing diversity, empowerment, changing the corporate culture, and s elf-managed work teams.
• Thorough coverage of open systems and contingencies.
• Self-learning, experiential exercises that take theories and principles and bring them to life in team activities.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Organization Development: An Overview	1
2	Organization Renewal and Planned Change	29
3	Organization Renewal: Changing the Corporate Culture	65
4	The OD Consultant: Role and Style	89
5	The OD Consultant: Diagnostic Process	122
6	Overcoming Resistance to Change	152
7	Process Consulting Skills	177
8	OD Intervention Strategies	204
9	Employee Involvement and Empowerment: Interpersonal Interventions	226
10	Team Development Interventions	263
11	Intergroup Development Interventions	295
12	Goal Setting	322
13	Total Quality Management: Quality and Productivity Interventions	343
14	High Performing Systems: Systemwide Interventions	374
15	Organization Transformation: Strategy Interventions	405
16	Organization Development: The Challenge and the Future	431
	Index	461

See also: Company Officer or Business Driven Technology

Drugs: From Discovery to Approval

Author: Rick Ng

The new edition of this best-selling book continues to offer a user-friendly, step-by-step introduction to all the key processes involved in bringing a drug to the market, including the performance of pre-clinical studies, the conduct of human clinical trials, regulatory controls, and even the manufacturing processes for pharmaceutical products. Concise and easy to read, the book quickly introduces basic concepts, then moves on to discuss target selection and the drug discovery process for both small and large molecular drugs. The new edition features many key enhancements, including Key Points, Chapter Summary, and Review Questions in each chapter, Answers to Review Questions provided in a book-end appendix, and one or two carefully selected "mini" case studies in each chapter.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	Drug Discovery: Targets and Receptors	15
Ch. 3	Drug Discovery: Small Molecule Drugs	43
Ch. 4	Drug Discovery: Large Molecule Drugs	75
Ch. 5	Drug Development and Preclinical Studies	107
Ch. 6	Clinical Trial	139
Ch. 7	Regulatory Authorities	159
Ch. 8	Regu latory Applications	175
Ch. 9	Good Manufacturing Practice: Regulatory Requirements	211
Ch. 10	Good Manufacturing Practice: Drug Manufacturing	247
Ch. 11	Future Perspectives	281
App. 1	History of Drug Discovery and Development	305
App. 2	Cells, Nucleic Acids, Genes and Proteins	313
App. 3	Selected Drugs and Their Mechanisms of Action	327
App. 4	Pharmacology/Toxicology Review Format	329
	Acronyms	335
	Glossary	339
	Index	347