Survey-Guided Development: Data Based Organizational Change

Abstract

The report summarizes and integrates a large body of knowledge drawn from theoretical formulations, empirically based research, and field experience to describe a data-based approach to organizational development. Termed 'survey- guided development,' this approach entails several facets including (a) measurement based on a validated model of organizational functioning, (b) use of organizational members as change-agents fulfilling a 'transducer' role, (c) thorough preparation of organizational members prior to the utilization of data, (d) survey feedback procedures implemented at the work group level, (e) diagnostically based interventions, and (f) evaluation of progress and corrective measures as integral aspects of the organizational development effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA012868

Entities

People

  • David G. Bowers
  • Jerome L. Franklin

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Commerce
  • Construction
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Servomechanisms
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design