Transorganizational Development in Urban Policy Coalitions

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ID9888199
AuthorsDavid W Sink (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume44
Issue11
Pages1179-1195
Publication date1991-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/001872679104401103
OpenAlexW2142663216
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited14

Transorganizational Development (TD) is a purposive, planned change strategy concerned with creating and improving the effectiveness of interorganizational coalitions. Unlike bounded, overorganized systems found within most organizations, coalitions frequently exhibit indefinite boundaries and underorganization. As such, they may demand more than the traditional organization development (OD) strategies to effect change. This research focuses on four social problem solving coalitions in an urban setting. Based on field research and a review of recent writings on TD and coalitions, a TD checklist was developed to guide change agents in dealing with coalitions. Borrowing from political science literature, we suggest that a “policy entrepreneur” may possess the centrality and purpose to serve as a TD intervener. Developing or increasing shared norms and values, and establishing predictable, regular structures, roles, and technologies are primary tasks of the policy entrepreneur/TD change agent

Business · Centrality · Checklist · Field (mathematics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Policy Transfer and Learning · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research

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