The practice of organizational diagnosis : theory and methods / Clayton P. Alderfer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social technology & theory -- The relevance of theory for practice -- The historical origins of organizational diagnosis -- The contemporary status of organizational diagnosis -- Anomalies and the hidden sense of crisis in contemporary interpersonal & intragroup theories -- The five laws of embedded intergroup relations theory -- Comparisons among group level theories -- Several meanings of "empirical support" -- Empirical support for embedded intergroup relations theory -- Ethical practice interpreted by embedded intergroup relations theory -- Negotiating organizational entry using embedded intergroup relations theory -- Methods of data collection informed by embedded intergroup relations theory -- Modes of data analysis based upon embedded intergroup relations theory -- Feedback designs derived from embedded intergroup relations theory -- Empirical support for the social technologies based on embedded intergroup relations theory -- Education for the practice of organizational diagnosis.