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Peer reviewedNicoll, David – Group and Organization Studies, 1982
Addresses the subject of organizational termination, suggesting it is an appropriate concern for the field of organization development, and that present methodologies are inadequate to deal with it. Describes a consulting experience with one dying organization and experimental intervention strategies. Describes behavioral reactions of staff to…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Change Strategies, Consultants
Download full textBhola, H. S. – 1976
Institution building is considered as a process amenable to both explanation and design if a generic "grammar of artifactual action" is used. The Configurational Theory of Innovation Diffusion model (CLER) is introduced and used to demonstrate how the world of the institution builder could be ordered as part of such grammar for designing…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Behavioral Science Research, Change Agents, Change Strategies
