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Large Group Scenario Planning: Scenario Planning With the Whole System in the Room
Gilbert Steil, Jr. and Michele Gibbons-Carr
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, March 2005; vol. 41, 1: pp. 15-29.

For discussion:

What is the difference between strategic planning, future search, and scenario planning? What factors do you think made the dental school conference described in this article effective? What lessons can be carried from this case?

Front and Backstage Processes of an Organizational Restructuring Effort
William B. Stevenson, Jean M. Bartunek, and Stephen P. Borgatti
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, September 2003; vol. 39, 3: pp. 243-258.

For discussion:

Restructuring (organization design) interventions can be complicated, as this article demonstrates. What were some of the complications in this case? What lessons can we take from this experience to other organization design efforts?