CHAPTER THIRTEENAPPROACHES, PERSPECTIVES, AND MODELS FOR INTERVENTIONS WITH ORGANIZATIONS

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Key Ideas

Approaches to organizational intervention need to be grounded in theory.

Several models and frameworks exist to help guide organizational intervention.

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Models to Describe Organizations

Self learning model

Systems model

Power politics model

Postmodern models

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Framework for Organizational Change

Gathering allies and creating a change work group

A team effort adds credibility and power to change efforts

Allies need to be continually recruited Concerns need to be as specific as possible

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Framework for Organizational Change

Considerations for developing feasible solutions Account for resistance to change Consider effort and risk involved Prepare for competition for resources Change proposal must match organization’s

mission and values Consider perceived advantages and

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Framework for Organizational Change Selecting an organizational change

strategy

Collaborative Campaign Conflict

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Framework for Organizational Change Contemporary tactics and skills for

interventions with organizations

Collaborative change strategies Implementation skills Capacity building

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Framework for Organizational Change Contemporary tactics and skills for

interventions with organizations

Campaign change strategies Education Persuasion Mass media appeals

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Framework for Organizational Change Contemporary tactics and skills for

interventions with organizations

Contest change strategy Bargaining and negotiating Group actions Ethic and change tactics

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