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Richard Beckhard (1918–1999) was an American organizational theorist, adjunct professor at MIT, and researcher in the field of organization development. Beckhard co-launched the Addison-Wesley Organization Development Series and began the Organization Development Network in 1967. [ 1 ]
Beckhard lists six such assumptions: The basic building blocks of an organization are groups . Therefore, the basic units of change are groups, not individuals. An always relevant change goal is the reduction of inappropriate competition between parts of the organization and the development of a more collaborative condition.
A. Andrew Abbott (sociologist) Rabab Abdulhadi; Theodore Fred Abel; Neil Abercrombie; Margaret Abraham; Joan Acker; Julia Adams (sociologist) Jane Addams; Patricia A. Adler
Herbert Allen Shepard (1919–1985) was a Canadian-born American organization behaviorist and economist who made a significant contribution to Organization ...
Chris Argyris (July 16, 1923 – November 16, 2013 [1]) was an American business theorist and professor at Yale School of Management and Harvard Business School.Argyris, like Richard Beckhard, Edgar Schein and Warren Bennis, [citation needed] is known as a co-founder of organization development, and known for seminal work on learning organizations.
M. Kenneth D. Mackenzie; Vijay Mahajan (academic) Donald G. Malcolm; Thomas W. Malone; George M. Marakas; James G. March; Alfred A. Marcus; Rob Markey; Leon C. Marshall
A. Edith Abbott; John M. Abowd; Katharine Abraham; Moses Abramovitz; Mahmoud Abu-Saud; Asher Achinstein; Gardner Ackley; Walter Adams (economist) Irma Adelman
Warren Gamaliel Bennis (March 8, 1925 – July 31, 2014) was an American scholar, organizational consultant and author, widely regarded as a pioneer of the contemporary field of Leadership studies.