Major content of Sociological Practice: Organizational Development
Description of Competency: Organizational Dynamics specializes in change management, culture creation, and organizational transformation in healthcare/behavioral healthcare and social service fields. Client projects include Structural Accountability; Values, Vision, and Employee Engagement; Corporate Divestitures; and Balanced Scorecards. Practice methods utilize interviews, surveys, and participant observations. Theoretical foundations draw on symbolic interactionism, structural‐functionalism, occupational and administrative principles of organization, and bureaucratic‐professional conflicts.