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DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS OD?
Long-range efforts and programs.
Aimed at improving organizations ability to survive.
OD changes problem-solving and renewal
processes.
OD & CHARACTERISTICS
Planned.
Organization wide.
Managed from top.
Increases
organization
effectiveness.
Planned
interventions.
Uses behavioral
science knowledge.
Planned change.
Collaborative
approach.
Improve
performance.
Humanistic values.
Systems approach.
Scientific
approaches.
TABLE 1.1
MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIELD
OF OD
WHY OD?
Why we do it
FACTORS LEADING TO
EMERGENCE OF OD
Need for new organizational forms.
Focus on cultural change.
Increase in social awareness.
To be taken in the
corporate traits
=
Faster.
Quality conscious.
Employee
involvement.
Customer oriented.
Progress