Friday, July 17, 2009

Organization development

Organization development is a planned, top-down, organization-wide effort to increase the organization's effectiveness and health. OD is achieved through interventions in the organization's processes, using behavioral science knowledge systematic process to implement effective change.

 According to Warren Benes, OD is a complex strategy intended to change the beliefs, attitudes, values, and structure of organizations so that they can better adapt to new technologies, markets, and challenges. Is a particular kind of change process designed to bring about a particular kind of end result. 

OD involves organizational reflection, system improvement, planning, and self-analysis Warner Burke emphasizes that OD is not just anything done to better an organization it is a growing field that is responsive. Organizational development is an ongoing, in an organization.

The term Organization Development is often used interchangeably with Organizational effectiveness, especially when used as the name of a department or a part of the Human Resources function within an organization. Organization Development to many new approaches including Positive Adult Development.

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