Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 4 Issue 4

Towards the Conceptual Differentiation of Organisation Development

Craig C. Lundberg

OD conceptualisation has been criticised as being bothunderdeveloped and too unduly narrow in its focus. Several ways thatOD′s conceptualisation might be enhanced are suggested…

Consulting Effectiveness in Smaller Companies: Guidelines for the Consultant and User

Craig A. Tunwall, James W. Busbin

Many smaller American companies utilise management consultants forproblem‐solving assistance on a project by project basis. Managerialpersonnel in such companies often have a…

The Diagnosis of Work Group Norms: Practical Implications for Change

Gary C. McMahan, K. Michele Kacmar

Behaviour resulting from work group normative processes can beexamined and changed to increase the productivity of an organisation. Amodel for exploring the process of work group…

When Consultation is Internal and Informal: A Case Study of Intervention on a University Campus

Michael Morris, Robert J. Hoffnung

The scholarly literature in consultation emphasises scenarios wherethe role of the consultant is external and formalised. However, manyconsultations exhibit neither of these…

Leadership, Integrity and Conflict

Joseph L. Badaracco, Richard R. Ellsworth

Based on research derived in part from interviews with chiefexecutives of seven large firms, it is proposed that integrity is theexecutive behaviour that leads an organisation to…

The Chinese Torture Story

William B. Wolf

An example is given of how monolithic organisations can causethings to grind to a halt by religious adherence to bureaucraticprotocol, and how, on the other hand, a little nous…

Organisational Development Diagnostic Categories: A Clinical Approach

Stan Young, Joseph Litterer

It is recommended that the OD Community develop a taxonomicaldiagnostic guide concerning organisational pathologies similar to APA′sDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental…