Understanding the Consulcube Model and Organizational Development by Blake & Mouton

Hi,

when we talk about OD interventions , we talk about consulcube. it is also one of the organizational consultation intervention

Consulcube (Blake and Mouton 1986). is a three-dimensional framework, where an analysis of the client, the focal issue and kind of interventions serve as selector of
the intervention to use.

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an individual,

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a group, which is an established group already working together,

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inter-group, where the intervention is to involve two or more groups, which may have differing
agendas,

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an organization as a whole or

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a larger social system, such as a community?
Most group modeling will probably involve either an established group or an ad-hoc group (i.e. intergroup)
consisting of members from different groups or organizations.
The second step in the Consulcube is to consider the focal issue at hand, is it a matter of:

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power/authority, i.e. about decision-making

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morale/cohesion, i.e. about organizational culture

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norms/standards, i.e. about operations, how things are done, or

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goals/objectives, i.e. about policy, why things are done.
Most system dynamics interventions are either about operations or policy, or both.

The final step is determining the form of the intervention(s), is it based on:

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theory/principles, i.e. the consultants refers to accepted theory or practice, which then is used as
a common base for discussion and problem solving,

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prescriptive, i.e. a patient/doctor situation where the consultant is the expert carrying out the appropriate
analysis and then prescribing the correct solution,

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confrontational, i.e. the consultant creates confrontation by holding opposing views or exposing
behavior contradictive to espoused behavior,

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catalytic, i.e. the consultant designs and carries out a process, where the consultant is "neutral"
as to the content of the process, but ensures that the process is effective, or

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acceptant, i.e. the consultant has a very passive role, mainly listening and nodding.

thanks ans regards