Development Techniques and Organizational Change: An Overview of Results from the Michigan Inter-Company Longitudinal Study

Abstract

Data collected by use of the Survey of Organizations questionnaire from more than 17,000 respondents in 23 organizations which participated in the Intercompany Longitudinal Study are analyzed in terms of the organizational development treatments which intervened between pre and postmeasures. Four 'experimental' treatments (Survey Feedback, Interpersonal Process Consultation, Task Process Consultation, and Laboratory Training) and two 'control' treatments (Data Handback and No Treatment) are compared to determine their comparative associations with improved organizational functioning. The results indicate that Survey Feedback was associated with a significant frequency of improvement, that Interpersonal Process Consultation was associated with questionable improvement, that Task Process Consultation was associated with little or no change, and that Laboratory Training was associated with significant deterioration in organizational functioning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1971
Accession Number
AD0731667

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  • David G. Bowers

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

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  • Assembly Lines
  • Climate Change
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Families (Human)
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Leadership
  • Manufacturing
  • Measurement
  • Michigan
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Personality
  • Production Control
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Training

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