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Unit 5: Diagnostic, Action and Process

4. Discuss the varieties of action research as proposed by Chein, Cook, and Harding. Notes
5. Action research may be described as a process, that is, as an ongoing series of events and
actions. Explain.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. six 2. OD programmes
3. objective 4. implementation
5. urgent 6. True
7. True 8. True
9. True

5.8 Further Readings

Books Cummings, Thomas G., & Worley, Christopher G. (2000), Organisation Development
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and Change (7 Edition), South-Western Educational Publishing.
French, Wendell L., and Cecil H. (1996), Development: Behavioral Science Interventions
for Organisation Improvement (5 Edition), New Delhi, India: Prentice Hall of India.
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Hatch, Mary J. (1997), Organisation Theory, New York: OUP.
Senge, Peter M. (1990), The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of Learning
Organisation, New York: Doubleday.
Sinha, Dharni P. (1986), T-Group, Team Building and Organisation Development,
New Delhi, India: ISABS.
S. Ramanarayan, T.V. Rao, Kuldeep Singh, Organisational Development Interventions
and Strategies.

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