Organizational Development in Practice

Abstract

Organizational development is an effort planned, organization-wide, and managed from the top to increase organizational effectiveness. It is an effective way to cope with the rapidly changing environment facing both the industrial and military community today. By use of a brief historical development of management theory coupled with the need for adapting to change and the knowledge based on five years of organizational development practice, an approach to determining whether organizational development can be used in the military is supplied. The author's conclusion is that organizational development can and should be adopted within the military establishment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 12, 1973
Accession Number
AD0779565

Entities

People

  • Robert E. Pownall

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheres
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Climate Change
  • Commerce
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Industrial Plants
  • Manufacturing
  • Organization Theory
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personality
  • Personnel Management
  • Productivity
  • Psychology
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control