DEVELOPING SELF

RENEWAL-OD & RESEARCH

By SWATI MBA 3rd SEMESTER

OUTLINE

Definitions

OD

Nature of OD

OD as a process

OD Interventions

Research

Issues & Problems

Definitions

OD

Self Renewal

Research

Organizational Development

The top-management-supported, long term effort to

improve an organisation’s problem-solving & renewal

processes, particularly through a more effective &

collaborative diagnosis & management of

organisational culture-with special emphasis on formal

work team, temporary team, & inter-group culture-with

the assistance of a consultant-facilitator & the use of

the theory & technology of applied behavioral science,

including action research.

Self Renewal

The process of initiating, creating,

& confronting needed changes

so as to make it possible for

organizations to become or to

remain viable, to adapt to new

conditions, to solve problems, to

learn from experiences.

Research

Research is an organized and systematic way of finding answers to questions.

Organizational Development

Nature of OD

OD is an ongoing interactive process

OD is a form of applied behavioral science

OD is a normative-reeducative strategy of changing

OD views organizations from a systems approach

Nature of OD (contd…)

OD is a data-based approach to planned change

OD emphasizes goal setting & planning

OD activities focus on intact work teams

OD uses a participation/empowerment model

OD as a process

Three components of OD:DiagnosisActionProcess-maintenance

Interventions of OD

Discrepancy interventionTheory interventionProcedural interventionRelationship interventionExperimentation interventionDilemma interventionPerspective interventionOrganizational structure

interventionCultural intervention

Research

Issues & Problems

Imprecision of definitions and conceptualizations

Problems with internal and external validity

Lack of supporting theoryProblems with measuring

attitude changeProblems with ‘normal science’

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