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Group & Organization Management, Vol. 3, No. 3, 317-330 (1978)
DOI: 10.1177/105960117800300305
© 1978 SAGE Publications

Argyris' Intervention Theory: A Small-Group Application

Martha J. Dirks

Marcia K. Rottinghaus

Leonard M. Lansky

A case study of a consultation is presented that illustrates how two theories concerning organizational change and systems analysis were applied to a small, informal organization. The primary intervention tasks outlined by Argyris (1970) were applied throughout the consultation and the systems theory detailed by Katz and Kahn (1966) provided a con ceptual model for organizing and discussing the data. Systematic inter vention with small, less structured groups is advocated.


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