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Blake, Robert R.; Mouton, Jane Srygley – Training and Development Journal, 1979
In the first of a three-part series, the authors examine the origin of the organizational development movement, instrumented team learning seminars for managers, their experimental programs for industry at various locations, the development of the "managerial grid," management by objectives, behavior modification, and other approaches to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Laboratory Training
Peer reviewedBradford, Leland P. – Group and Organization Studies, 1976
The laboratory method has institutionalized itself in the larger social system, and an investigation of how this came about provides an important case study of social intervention. Uses of the method's intrinsic "change-agent" concept are illustrated, and particular aspects of the growth of the movement are examined. (Author)
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Group Dynamics
