Despite the frequent criticisms of OD in the behavioral science literature, there
are four major areas ofprogress in OD: progress in operationalizing the concept
of change; progress in improving measurement processes and procedures; and
progress in designing statistical procedures used to analyze OD intervention
data. The authors are encouraged by recent developments in OD research which
point to a more solid base on which to build OD practice and theory.
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