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Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and OrganizationalDevelopment. During the late 1960’s and 1970’s, the Quality Circle movement took root and managers tried to get everybody to address these isolated problems. Jim Smith has over 40 years of organization development experience in a wide range of organizations.
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