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Introduction: The Emergence and Early History of Organization Development
Wendell L. French
Group & Organization Management, September 1982; vol. 7, 3: pp. 261-278.

Review Article: The past, present and future of organization development: Taking the long view Bernard Burnes and Bill Cooke
Human Relations, November 2012; vol. 65, 11: pp. 1395-1429.

For discussion:

Compare and contrast the three histories of organization development you have now read: Anderson, French, and Burnes & Cooke. What similarities or differences do you see in what is included or excluded? Do the authors assume different implicit definitions of OD in each of their histories of the field?