An Organization Development Approach to Teaching Organization Behavior

Authors

  • Lawrence B. Carroll

Abstract

"This paper reports on the use of Organization Behavior. The course deals with the intervening characteristics in an organization which are the characteristics of the processes, procedures, and working climate which are dependent upon causal variables that are predictive of the end results achieved by the organization. Theoretically, changes in the causal variables influence and change intervening variables and both have an effect on the end results. The course uses a variety of interventions that can be applied to different situations and different problem areas and become components of the total system when used in conjunction with a careful diagnosis of the intra-inter personal, intra-inter group, and intra organization process interventions which have proved helpful in making both individual members of the organization and the organization itself more effective. The course is designed so that each student has an opportunity to move our classroom organization towards the accomplishment of the systems ideal outputs. "

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Published

1980-03-13