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Hartsock, Linda S. – NASPA Journal, 1974
Explores several schools of organizational thought and their contribution to a new approach called organizational development. Three attempts to operationalize the concepts of organizational development are discussed in terms of their assets and liabilities. The three approaches are: self study model, external consultant model, organizational…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Higher Education, Models, Organizational Development
Levine, Donald M.; And Others – 1972
Planning, programing, budgeting is an approach to rationalizing budgeting and strengthening analysis as a policy change and planning tool. Organizational development applies behavioral science research to organization to enhance the commitment and involvement of personnel for smoother and more effective system function. It is argued that…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavioral Science Research, Budgeting, Decentralization
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Bobbitt, H. Randolph, Jr.; Behling, Orlando C. – Journal of Higher Education, 1981
Organizational behavior is defined and its micro and macro subdivisions described. Leavitt's model for organizational change (task, technology, structure, and people) is employed to extract meanings from the organizational behavior literature. A diagnostic approach is suggested for applying organizational behavior to the practice of higher…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavioral Science Research, Employees, Higher Education
Rosenzweig, Mark R., Ed.; Porter, Lyman W., Ed. – 1982
This volume contains 20 essays on current research in representative areas of psychology. The authors are professors and researchers at universities in the United States, England, Colombia, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, France, and Canada. A wide range of topics is discussed. Included among these are social psychology of intergroup…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Genetics, Higher Education, Information Processing
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Nicoll, 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
Blumner, Alan Samuel – 1973
This study illustrates the underlying premise that certain classes of participants may be adversely affected by organizational experiences in ways that are not normally recognized. Schools belong to a set of organizations whose primary function is to socialize organizational members. This function is described as the providing of a process to a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies, Disadvantaged