The California School of Organizational Studies Handbook of Organizational Consulting Psychology (eBook)

Whether working on the individual, group, or organizational level,consulting psychologists have become vital to improving the peopleside of organizations. Practitioners working with organizations inbusiness, government, and nonprofit institutions have a need for acomprehensive guide to the issues they face in this expanding fieldof practice. The Handbook of Organizational Consulting Psychologyis the first systemic treatment for the profession, specificallydesigned to help practitioners in assessing and coachingindividuals, creating or improving team functioning, and improvingthe quality of the organization as a whole. The Handbook of Organizational Consulting Psychology, which is avolume in The California School of Organizational Studies series,features contributions from some of the world's eminent authoritiesin consulting psychology. The book's editor, Rodney L. Lowman, ishimself a renowned educator and practitioner in the field. Thecontributors offer their wisdom on a remarkably wide range ofissues, including assessment and evaluation, team building,executive coaching, personality testing, interpersonal conflictsand relationships, multicultural and diversity issues, what worksand what doesn't in organizational consultation interventions, howto hire and best use consultants, and other key issues forindividuals, groups, and the organizational system. Organized intosections on individual, group, and organizational topics, the bookincludes a section on professional practice issues as well as asection on the special issues in consulting to industries, schools,and government, nonprofit, and international organizations. This all-encompassing guide is destined to become a classicreference work for professionals of all types who aspire to workeffectively with executives, managers, teams, or larger groups inall types of organizations.

"Rodney Lowman has done it again! He has edited a book that isunique, comprehensive, and aimed squarely at the science andpractice of psychology in organizations. This book shows aremarkable breadth of coverage: topics traditional and cuttingedge, science and practice, issues within and across levels, bycontributions with extensive and diverse experience inorganizational consulting. There's something here for anyoneinterested in a psychological approach to consulting inorganizations." -- Rosemary Hays-Thomas, professor ofpsychology, The University of West Florida

"The Handbook of Organizational Consulting Psychologyaddresses a longtime need for a new comprehensive major work inconsulting psychology. It is broad in scope and clearly integratestopics in consulting psychology that are at the core of the fieldand which reflect recent innovations in the application ofconsulting principles and techniques. The scope and depth of thisbook is not only timely but unique. I would expect this book tobecome an essential reference for all consulting psychologists."--Clyde A. Crego, California State University Long Beach andUniversity of Southern California and former president, AmericanPsychological Association Division of Consulting Psychology andFellow, APA

"My one-word reaction: WOW! Aptly entitled a handbook, it couldnevertheless well serve as a basic text in the field. It may haveits greatest benefit to those who are transiting from morespecialized work into organizational consulting, since it lays outa broad range of issues that one may encounter and ought to beprepared to deal with along with some practical advice on how tohandle them." --Kenneth H. Bradt, consulting psychologist andpast president, Society of Consulting Psychology, AmericanPsychological Association

"Rodney Lowman has done it again! He has edited a book that is
unique, comprehensive, and aimed squarely at the science and
practice of psychology in organizations. This book shows a
remarkable breadth of coverage: topics traditional and cutting
edge, science and practice, issues within and across levels, by
contributions with extensive and diverse experience in
organizational consulting. There's something here for anyone
interested in a psychological approach to consulting in
organizations." -- Rosemary Hays-Thomas, professor of
psychology, The University of West Florida

"The Handbook of Organizational Consulting Psychology
addresses a longtime need for a new comprehensive major work in
consulting psychology. It is broad in scope and clearly integrates
topics in consulting psychology that are at the core of the field
and which reflect recent innovations in the application of
consulting principles and techniques. The scope and depth of this
book is not only timely but unique. I would expect this book to
become an essential reference for all consulting psychologists."
--Clyde A. Crego, California State University Long Beach and
University of Southern California and former president, American
Psychological Association Division of Consulting Psychology and
Fellow, APA

"My one-word reaction: WOW! Aptly entitled a handbook, it could
nevertheless well serve as a basic text in the field. It may have
its greatest benefit to those who are transiting from more
specialized work into organizational consulting, since it lays out
a broad range of issues that one may encounter and ought to be
prepared to deal with along with some practical advice on how to
handle them." --Kenneth H. Bradt, consulting psychologist and
past president, Society of Consulting Psychology, American
Psychological Association