Large-Scale Interventions
Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhDRobert Rhouda, of the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota, provides a specific, itemized definition of large-scale interventions for organizational change, in his paper, Background and Theory for Large Scale Organizational Change. According to Rhouda, "The major features of large-scale, real-time change management process include:
- the theory-base uses less action research and discrepancy theory, and focuses on application of systems theory
- the data base source is no longer internal to the organization, but now involves both the organization and its environment (an open-systems approach)
- the data base, which formerly had limited availability, is now widely shared throughout the organization
- time: what was formerly a slow "waterfall" process is now a fast, quick response which results in immediate action taking place
- learning moves from the individual or unit to the whole organization
- the responsibility and accountability moves from senior management to a mixture of senior management plus the whole system
- the consultant role, formerly reserved for data collection and feedback, now also includes structures and facilities for data analysis and action planning
- the change process moves from incremental change to fundamental, organization-wide change"
Sections of This Topic Include:
Overview of Large-Scale InterventionsSome Specific Large-Scale Interventions
Overview of Large-Scale Interventions
The following link gives a broad overview of various large-scale interventions.Background and Theory for Large Scale Organizational Change
Managing Change with Large Scale, Real-Time Interventions
A Parable on Organization Change: Reducing Cycle Time with Large-Scale Technology
Using Real-Time Strategic Change
Some Specific Large-Scale Interventions
The following might be considered examples of large-scale intervention techniques, although there certainly has been argument about what technically qualifies as such an intervention.Dannemiller-Tyson Interactive Strategic Planning
Marv Weisbord's Future Search Conference
Dick Axelrod's Conference Model Redesign
Robert W. Jacob's Real-Time Strategic Change
Harrison Owen's Open Space Technology
William Stockton's The Mobius Model
Carter McNamara's Integrated Peer Learning Communities Example of Large-Scale Intervention
Leadership for Structuring or Systematic Change
General Resources
Center for the Study of Work Teams
For the Category of Organizational Development:
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