Appreciative inquiry vs. traditional approach Traditional organizational approaches to organizational development emerged from behavioral research undertaken after World War II. That research led to the development in the late 1940s and 1950s of behavioral development strategies such as sensitivity training, survey feedback, socio-technical systems, and quality management. During the 1950s, researchers and managers began using different elements of various behavioral development processes. strategies to create more comprehensive processes for planning and executing change in organizations. Models such as Lewin's 3-phase planned change model and action research constituted some of the traditional forms of organizational development.