MANAGING CHANGE, ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND HRD

With contributions amongst others by Udai Pareek, Pradip N. Khandwalla, N. Vittal, J.P. Singh, Hans C. Blaise, Rakesh Hooja, Ramesh K. Arora, M.L. Mehta, G.P. Pilania, K.B.C. Saxena, B.R. Virmani, I.C. Srivastava, and N.K. Kulshrestha, this book looks at length at the three interrelated issues, namely, managing change in government, organisational behaviour, and human resource development in the Indian context.

Various aspects of themes related to creativity, managerial effectiveness, accountability and transparency, motivation, leadership, decision-making process, managing conflict, management in government, administrator as manager, managerial excellence, reengineering public administration, new public management, human resource development, job satisfaction and career commitment, training, and the interface between HRD and organisational development, have been examined from theoretical and conceptual viewpoints as well as the possibilities of practical applications by administrators and managers.

With 25 papers arranged into three sections on Managing Change in Government, Organisational Behaviour, and Human Resource Development, the book promises to be relevant for administrators, managers, social scientists, academics, students, scholars, and the intelligent laymen.

Rakesh Hooja, Ph.D. in Social Sciences, taught at University of Rajasthan before joining IAS in 1974. He has worked on important positions in both Government of India and Government of Rajasthan, and also as Vice Chancellor, Rajasthan Agricultural University. Besides 375 articles, reviews, research papers and commentaries, he has also authored/edited 24 books and 21 monographs. Two of his authored books have won Government of Rajasthan awards. Besides management and organizational behaviour, his writings have focused on land-water management, decentralization and district planning, development administration and theory. He is the Editor-in-Chief, “Prashasnika, ” Editor, “ASTI Journal of Training” & “Development, ” and on the Editorial Board of “Management in Government, ” “Administrative Change and Indian Book Chronicle.”

Presently, he is Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Rajasthan and Director, HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur.

Girish K. Srivastava is Professor of Management at HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur, having earlier taught at University of Rajasthan. He did his Post-graduate Diploma in Training and Development for Public Sector at Victoria University, Manchester, UK. He also did Diploma in Training Management from the Institute of Training and Development, UK. His fields of interests are management development and training. He is also a training consultant to numerous government and non-government organizations, and has written over thirty research papers and articles. He has previously published four books.