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17 new articles representing where the field of OD and OT is headed. New articles have been added on empowerment, trust, creating organizational readiness for change, learning organizations, transformational change, sociotechnical systems and "centers of excellence". Salient Features Mapping the Territory - provides an introduction and overview of the field Foundations of Organization Development and Transformation - shows some of the theoretical underpinnings of the field. Fundamental Interventions - consists of structuring sets of activities, called interventions which are designed to improve diagnosis, role clarification, intergroup relations, decision making, and planning procedures. Cutting Edge Change Strategies - are interventions of more recent vintage and address problems posed by the information age. This section presents techniques for self-directed teams, organizational and individual learning, appreciative inquiry, visioning alternative futures and effecting large-scale system wide change. Implementation Guidelines and Issues - offers suggestions for increasing the changes that consultants and clients will be successful their change programs. Examples and Special Situations - reports on actual case studies and the varieties of settings where OD can be used. Three informative cases and several articles about the relevance of OD for entrepeneurial firms and for turnaround situations. Challenges and Opportunities for the Future - complete the anthology . Articles on empowerment, ethics, managing discontinuous change, implementing effective human resource practices, the search for "communities" in organizations, and a proposed agenda for OD in the near-term future.