The implications of multiple perspectives on power for organization development
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This article presents the implications for organization development of examining power from multiple perspectives, particularly those associated with the functionalist and interpretive paradigms. To illustrate how the construction of reality and illusion making can enhance a person or group's power, data are presented from an empirical study of a hospital in Ontario. Using a grounded theory methodology, the author determined that hospital administrators had created the illusion of a fiscal crisis so as to increase their control over scarce financial resources, and thus increase their power. The author urges OD consultants to recognize such power dynamics and to choose consciously whether to accept, change, or withdraw from organizations in which these dynamics occur. The skills needed to diagnose such dynamics and alternative interventions are explored. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1989
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Methodological observations on applied behavioral science
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Time series, which study the behavior of a particular variable over time, have grown more important in social science. The Ordinal Time-Series Analysis, a measuring tool derived from business, has some distinct advantages, primarily in freeing the research from having to discount cardinal data. It can help in assessing public policy performance and other situations.
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1986
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