Tells how to launch an organizational development effort when a firm cannot afford a complex program. Gives a basic format for approaching organizational development. (Editor/DR)

An account of structural evolutions to the present, with suggestions for viable approaches in the future. (Editor)

To build and maintain positive organizational relationships, author advises that trainers become company researchers . Suggests looking not only at how the organization works internally, but its place in the larger business community and its relationship with various regulatory agencies. Proposes analyzing management problems/needs and…

Explores how successful training departments have been in achieving improved managerial performance; how conventional training methods compare in effectiveness with new process" techniques; how management development and training practitioners can modify existing training approaches to achieve increased managerial performance. References. (RB)

Management, consultants, and organization development specialists are provided a method for examining an organization in terms of its power, powerlessness, and power games. Emphasis is on building on existing power and reducing perceived or real states of powerlessness and subsequent power games. (Author/EA)

Assessment of an in-house approach to start-up training in a process industry. (Editor)

The organizational development strategy of the W. T. Grant Company, an overlapping group teamwork approach, is directed toward accountability, planned change, individual recognition, experience-based behavior, group morale, smooth information and communication flow, and decision making. (EA)

The author examines the confluence of organizational development (OD) and management by objectives (MBO) in the changing world of today's organization. Recent trends include less human relations emphasis and more of a systems and task orientation. (EA)

Author considers the value of in-basket programs. (RK)

Management by objectives is useful when both technical and human aspects are given balanced attention, and is an excellent tool for structuring long-range goals and eliminating areas of uncertainity. Problems occur in sustaining necessary follow-up work, reconciling organizational goals with personal goals, and relating goal performance with the…

Focusing on planning and controlling of goals and systems, the author suggests three kinds of goals: Operating goals, relationship goals, and self-development goals. Flexibility and adaptation to the needs of a particular business or industry are essential. (Author/JB)

Article describes management training through playing a game which involves the creation and operation of a business organization devoted to manufacturing and sales. Precise details on setting up the game are given. (Author/PD)