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Leach, John – Training and Development Journal, 1978
Reviews organizational development as a management system, stating that a content-oriented or task-requirements approach may be an appropriate intervention to help managers learn process training. Suggests a career development or management system study by a consultant for organizational development training. (MF)
Descriptors: Action Research, Consultation Programs, Intervention, Management Development
Porras, Jerry I.; And Others – Training and Development Journal, 1983
The authors argue that organizational development (OD) has evolved as one response to the need for strategies and approaches to planned change. The "stream analysis" approach presented here can be used to understand and plan the change process. This approach can facilitate insight into the state of the change process, before and after…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Intervention, Management by Objectives, Organization Size (Groups)
Plovnick, Mark; And Others – Training and Development Journal, 1975
For the past two years, the authors have been designing and testing programed team development interventions for organizational development programs. Materials are planned for client system use either with or without consulting resources. The authors explain their theories and describe design issues involved in developing and implementing the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Change Agents, Consultation Programs, Interpersonal Relationship
Johnston, Robert W. – Training and Development Journal, 1979
Describes a positive seven-step process for initiating a whole organization development (WOD) effort. Steps include clarification of whole organization objectives, data gathering, diagnosis, prescribing interventions, commitment, implementation, and progress review. (CSS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Collection, Intervention, Management by Objectives