Short-Term Consultation in Organization Development for Mental Health Agencies
Abstract
The author suggests that menial health facilities unable to afford long-term programs of organization development, such as those used by industry, can benefit by brief OD consultation directed at small units or specific problems. He discusses the origins and principal techniques of OD, and he describes how brief OD consultation was used for such purposes as facilitating work relationships between a new medical director and key staff, handling a committee's frustration at lack of direction, and helping an expanded child guidance clinic form a cohesive staff.
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