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Assessing Planned Change.
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Porras, Jerry I.; Patterson, Kerry – Group and Organization Studies, 1979
Explores the current organization development assessment milieu and proposes a model to help clarify assessment. Each feature of the model is defined, and characteristic problems are discussed in light of current methods and theory. Guidelines are proposed to enhance the assessability of potential change activities. (Author)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Organizational Change, Organizational Development, Planning
The Informant Panel: A Retrospective Methodology for Guiding Organizational Change.
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Lundberg, Craig C.; Glassman, Alan M. – Group and Organization Studies, 1983
Describes the origins and developmental requirements of the Informant Panel, an inexpensive, time-efficient, retrospective method for obtaining consequently meaningful information needed to guide organizational change projects. The panel combines features of the Nominal Group and Delphi Techniques. (WAS)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delphi Technique, Evaluation Methods, Models
Evaluation in OD: A Review and an Assessment
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Morrison, Peggy – Group and Organization Studies, 1978
The author reviewed organization development and assessed 26 studies against Campbell and Stanley's 12 criteria for validty; only three met all criteria. Practitioners must determine appropriate measures for assessing; develop more adequate instruments for measuring change related to OD; and consistently utilize more rigorous designs for their…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Organizational Development, Research Criteria
Determining and Diagnosing Organizational Needs.
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Kaufman, Roger – Group and Organization Studies, 1981
Presents a method for holistic organizational analysis that provides developers with a rationale to obtain data and decision bases for successful internal and extraorganizational intervention and change. The analysis, based on the Organizational Elements Model, relates organizational resources, efforts, results, and organizational impact. Presents…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Input Output Analysis, Intervention, Needs Assessment
Evaluating Selected Organization Development Interventions: The State of the Art.
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Terpstra, David E. – Group and Organization Studies, 1982
Assessed comparatively the state of the art of evaluation of four major organization development (OD) intervention types--laboratory training, survey feedback, team-building and process consultation. Analyzed 67 studies along the following dimensions: evaluator characteristics, subject characteristics, and methodology/design characteristics.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Experimenter Characteristics, Intervention
Competency Education and Evaluation: Issues and Dilemmas
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Short, Ronald R. – Group and Organization Studies, 1977
Competency education in the applied behavioral sciences can be enhanced by synethesizing the values of humanistic psychology with the measurement, evaluation, and accountability that characterize behavioral psychology. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Competency Based Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs
Internal Organizational Development Consultants.
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Sashkin, Marshall, Ed. – Group and Organization Studies, 1983
Examines the role of the internal organizational development consultant from the consultant's viewpoint. This special section presents an article in diary form attempting to derive learnings from a consultation project and a comment on that report which includes an action model. Three data-based case studies follow. (JAC)
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Case Studies, Consultants, Evaluation Criteria
An Empirical Analysis of Team-Building Research.
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DeMeuse, Kenneth P.; Liebowitz, S. Jay – Group and Organization Studies, 1981
Reviewed published studies (N=36) of an organization development and team building strategy, focusing on research designs, sample sizes, dependent variables, and the length of time the intervention was investigated. Results indicated team building appeared to be an intervention with great potential for improving employee attitudes and…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Group Dynamics, Intervention