The central thrust of this paper argues the need to expand the critical literature on organization development (OD) in terms of theoretical assumptions and change strategies. Conceptual roots of OD theory are examined for their ideological bias, value problems confronting the OD practitioner are highlighted and resulting implications for the field are discussed.
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