Abstract
This article discusses the process of learning to perform organization development (OD) work full time. In studying this the authors conducted a "clinical" analysis ofa journal kept by one of the authors during a 20-month tenure as an OD manager, and of the experience and training of both authors in this field (one a "retired" OD manager, both professors of organizational behavior). Many personal and professional struggles were revealed in this research, which are integral to the development of the self in the role of the OD practitioner. The article offers ways of conceptualizing and handling these struggles, and thereby the work of practicing OD.
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