Productive wokplaces : organizing and managing for dignity, meaning, and community / Marvin R. Weisbord.

Prologue: Discovering theories X and Y. -- Part 1: The search for productive workplaces. -- Scientific management revisited: a tale of two Taylors. -- The consulting engineer: Taylor invents a new profession. -- Lewin: the practical theorist. -- The learning organization: Lewin's legacy to management. -- McGregor and the roots of organization development. -- The human side of enterprise revisited: a new look at theories X and Y. -- Undoing Taylorism: emery, trist, and the sociotechnical revolution. -- Open systems and the new paradigm: how Emery and Trist redefined the workplace. -- Part 2: Transforming theory into practice and practice into theory. -- Adding action to research: Lewin's practice theory road map. -- Methods of diagnosis and action: taking snapshots and making movies. -- Rethinking organizational improvement: new perspectives on consultation. -- Improving whole systems: alternatives to the report-in-the-drawer phenomenon. -- Part 3: Learning and applying new practice theories. -- "Third Wave" managing and consulting: a new practice theory. -- Inventing the future: search strategies for whole systems improvement. -- Transforming teamwork: work relationships in a fast-changing world. -- Designing work: new structures for learning and self-control. -- Managing and consulting beyond the design limits: a "Third Wave" active project. -- Epilogue: caught between paradigms: where do we go from here?