Organizational Development

OD

Characteristics of OD

• 1.Planned change• 2. Encompasses the whole organization• 3. Long range change• 4.Systems Orientation• 5. Change Agent• 6. Problem Solving• 7. Experiential Learning• 8. Collaborative Management• 9. Group Process

Characteristics of OD

• 10 . Organizational Culture• 11. Feedback• 12. Situational and Contingency oriented• 13. Team building

Need for OD

• Training for Change• To help in making the Organizational culture

more responsive

Benefits of OD• Provides opportunities for people to function as human beings

rather than mere resources• Gives each member of the organization opportunity to develop his

full potential.• Seeks to make the organization more effective in meeting all its

goals• Tries to create an environment in which exciting and challenging

work can be found• Gives people in the organization the change to influence how they

relate to work, the organization and the work environment.• Treats each human being as a person with a complex set of needs,

all of which are important in his work and life.

Effectiveness of OD

• IT is difficult to measure the number, nature and magnitude of confounding variables

• Prevention measures of behavior are not taken

• Those doing the evaluations of OD programs have a vested interest in proving success