Ralph's Books

 

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1. The Development and Validation of a Projective Measure of Interpersonal Values (University of California at Los Angeles, unpublished dissertation, 1972).
   
   
   
2. The Management of Organization Design: Volume I, Strategies and Implementation, with Louis R. Pondy and Dennis P. Slevin (Eds.), (New York: North-Holland, 1976).


3. The Management of Organization Design: Volume II, Research and Methodology, with Louis R. Pondy and Dennis P. Slevin (Eds.), (New York: North-Holland, 1976)


4. Social Systems Design: Normative Theory and the MAPS Design Technology (New York: North-Holland, 1977).


5. Methodological Approaches to Social Science: Integrating Divergent Concepts and Theories, with Ian I. Mitroff (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1978).


6. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, with Mariann Jelinek (Eds.), (Pittsburgh: Eastern Academy of Management, 1981).


7. Producing Useful Knowledge for Organizations, with Kenneth W. Thomas, Dennis P. Slevin, Raghu Nath, and S. Lee Jerrell (Eds.), (New York: Praeger, 1983); Reprinted (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994).





8. Beyond the Quick Fix: Managing Five Tracks to Organizational Sucess (San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1984; Washington, DC: Beard, 2004).


9. Corporate Tragedies: Product Tampering, Sabotage, and Other Catastrophes, with Ian I. Mitroff (New York: Praeger, 1984).


10. Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture, with Mary J. Saxton, Roy Serpa, and Associates (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1985).


11. Corporate Transformation: Revitalizing Organizations for a Competitive World, with Teresa Joyce Covin and Associates (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988).


12. Managing Beyond the Quick Fix: A Completely Integrated Program for Creating and Maintaining Organizational Success (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989).


13. Escaping the Quick Fix Trap: How to Make Organizational Improvements That Really Last (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Audiobook, 1989).


14. Making Organizations Competitive: Enhancing Networks and Relationships Across Traditional Boundaries, and Associates (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991).





15. Workbook for Implementing the Tracks: Volume I (Newport Coast, CA: Organizational Design Consultants, 1991); and Overhead Slides for Implementing the Tracks: Volume I (Newport Coast, CA: Organizational Design Consultants, 1991-2007).


16. Workbook for Implementing the Tracks: Volume II (Newport Coast, CA: Organizational Design Consultants, 1991); and Overhead Slides for Implementing the Tracks: Volume II (Newport Coast, CA: Organizational Design Consultants, 1991-2007).
17. Logistics Manual for Implementing the Tracks: Planning and Organizing Workshop Sessions (Newport Coast, CA: Organizational Design Consultants, 1992-2007).


18. Workbook for Implementing the Tracks: Volume III (Newport Coast, CA: Organizational Design Consultants, 1993); and Overhead Slides for Implementing the Tracks: Volume III (Newport Coast, CA: Organizational Design Consultants, 1993-2007).


19. Managing Ego Energy: The Transformation of Personal Meaning into Organizational Success, and Associates (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1994).





20. Quantum Organizations: A New Paradigm for Achieving Organizational Success and Personal Meaning (Boston: Davies-Black, 2001; Newport Coast, CA: Organizational Design Consultants, 2010).




 

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