Administration in Social Work ISSN: 0364-3107 (Print) 1544-4376 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wasw20 Introducing Organizational Development (OD) Practices into a County Human Service Agency Andrea Dubrow MSW, MPH , Donna M. Wocher MSOD & Michael J. Austin PhD, MSW, MPH To cite this article: Andrea Dubrow MSW, MPH , Donna M. Wocher MSOD & Michael J. Austin PhD, MSW, MPH (2001) Introducing Organizational Development (OD) Practices into a County Human Service Agency, Administration in Social Work, 25:4, 63-83, DOI: 10.1300/ J147v25n04_04 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J147v25n04_04 Published online: 11 Oct 2008. 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