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In September of 1985, the senior management of Westinghouse Canada flew in the face of the currently widespread management philosophy that you “stick to the knitting” and approved the establishment of a brand new business called The Westinghouse Consulting and Development Group. This new consulting business meant a change in mission for the once corporate based, Staff Organization Development Department that had supplied service on demand within Westinghouse Canada, a change in mission to a line department profit centre that marketed and sold its consulting services on effectively managing change, both within and outside of Westinghouse Canada.
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Rankin, J.A. (1988). Innovative Working Relationships in a Traditional Organization. In: Niehaus, R.J., Price, K.F. (eds) Creating the Competitive Edge through Human Resource Applications. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0969-7_9
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