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Anatomy of an Intervention: The History of a Change Effort in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Moore, Scott C.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1195592167

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2007, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Psychology.
The creation of an epochal recording of program history, from which evaluators and practitioners can learn, is one purpose for conducting evaluation work on Organization Development (OD) interventions (Weiss, 1998). This study created such a recording of an OD intervention in a Veterans Affairs hospital through analysis of standardized instrument data (N pre-intervention = 111, N post-intervention = 183), qualitative interviews conducted as part of the intervention (N ≈ 120, both pre- and post intervention), and interviews conducted retrospectively with practitioners, hospital administrators, and union representatives (N = 11). Quantitative results from the standardized instrument data were mixed and inconclusive. Qualitative results indicated the OD intervention, based primarily on the theories of Argyris (1970, 1985) and Reddy (1994), had an invaluable impact on the struggling facility.
Dr. Steven Howe (Advisor)
54 p.
Organization Development; Evaluation; Qualitative analysis

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  • Moore, S. C. (2007). Anatomy of an Intervention: The History of a Change Effort in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1195592167

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Moore, Scott. Anatomy of an Intervention: The History of a Change Effort in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1195592167.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Moore, Scott. "Anatomy of an Intervention: The History of a Change Effort in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1195592167

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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