In the context of OD technical skills, the ability to integrate research with theory and practice is:
A) a start-up skill.
B) an evaluation skill.
C) an action and intervention planning skill.
D) an entry skill.

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Evaluation skills include: the ability to integrate research with theory and practice; initiating ongoing feedback in client-consultant relationship; choosing method (i.e. interviews, instruments and financial sheets, etc.); determining level (i.e. reaction, learning, behavioural change, organisational impact and societal impact); making sure the method is valid, reliable and practical; establishing a method to monitor change during and after intervention, to use information to reinforce positive change and correct negative change and take next steps; and linking evaluation with expected outcomes.

In the Context of OD Technical Skills, the Ability to Integrate