Accession Number:

ADA000268

Title:

Organizational Diagnosis: A Review and a Proposed Method

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR INST FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Personal Author(s):

• Bowers, David G.

Report Date:

1974-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

212.0

Abstract:

The report reviews available literature on the desirable properties of a diagnostic procedure for organizational development. A feasible, computerized diagnostic procedure termed CANOPUS Computerized Analysis of Problems in User Systems is proposed and conceptualized, and the necessary software for its first two functional components Calculator and Prioritizer is provided.

Descriptors:

• *DIAGNOSIS(GENERAL)
• *ORGANIZATION THEORY
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• HUMAN RESOURCES
• NAVY
• FORTRAN
• FEASIBILITY STUDIES
• DATA ACQUISITION

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE